History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.647

v6.c81.647

⁴¹⁰ देवो वो द्रविणोदाः पूर्णी विवष्ट्वासिचम् । उद्वा सिञ्चध्वमुप वा पृणध्वमादिद्वो देव ओहते॥ ऋ. VII. 16.11 Vide निरुक्त VIII 1-3 for a discussion about द्रविणोदस्, whether he is Indra or Agni No vedic mantra could be recited according to Dharmaśāstra works by a śūdra, who was simply to utter '*namaḥ*' (salutation) after contemplating on the deity (here Durgā); vide गौ X 60 'अनुज्ञातोऽस्य नमस्कारो मन्त्रः' and या I. 121 'नमस्कारेण मन्त्रेण पञ्च यज्ञान्न हापयेत् '. [^asterisk]: * God may be worshipped without an image by means of the *ghaṭa* alone