History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.267

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¹²⁸⁹ The Atharvaṇa-pariśiṣṭa V. 3. 4-5 prescribes (p 67) the opening passage of each Veda, the mahāvyāhṛtis (bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ) and five gaṇas as accompanying the offerings into fire, viz. 'शर्मवर्मगणश्चैव तथा स्यादपराजितः । आयुष्यश्चाभयश्चैव तथा स्वस्त्ययनो गणः ॥ एतान् पञ्च गणान् हुत्वा वाचयेत द्विजोत्तमान् ।'. For शर्मवर्मगण vide आथर्वणपरि. XXXII 14 p 196 containing 22 verses, the first of which is शर्मवर्मा, that is अथर्व. 14 2 21. The अपराजितगण contains 15 verses beginning with 'aparājito' (vide आथर्वणपरिशिष्ट 32 13), the आयुष्यगण has 14 verses of the अथर्ववेद (in आ परि XXXII 9. p 195), for two अभयगणs, vide आ परि XXXII. 12 and 29, for स्वस्त्ययनगण vide आ परि XXXII 11 रुद्रगण is आ. परि XXXII 16 or it may be Rudras in Tai. S IV 5. 1-11 The कूष्माण्ड mantras are Vāj S 20 14-16 and Tai Ā II 3. 1, II 4. 1 (beginning with 'yad-devā devahedanam') Vide H. of Dh vol IV. p 43 for Kusmāṇḍahoma. For Rauhiṇa-sāman vide H. of Dh. IV. p. 46 n The Kubera-hṛdaya is probably the mantra in Tai Ā I 31. 6 (Rājādhirājāya...mahārājāya namaḥ). It is not known which ṛk is called Samṛddhi