History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.147

v7.c89.147

¹²¹⁸ It is difficult to say what hymn is intended here by the word 'ghṛtasūktena' It is probably Ṛg VI 70 1-6 (ghṛtavatī bhuvanānām &c.) The Mṛtyusūkta is probably the same as Ṛg X 18. The Āyusya hymn is a *Khila* hymn after Ṛg X. 128 and begins 'āyusyam varcasyam rāyaspoṣam audbhidam.' The Karmapradīpa of Gobhila (I 17) prescribes that Āyusya hymns should be recited in śrāddha for śānti. The Smṛticandrikā (śrāddha p. 503) quotes Gobhila I. 17 and explains that they are hymns like the one beginning 'ā no bhadrāḥ' Ṛg I 89. 1.