History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.180

v7.c92.180

¹⁷⁸¹ The Nirukta (I 16) quotes this Brāhmaṇa passage but reads यत्कृत्यमृगभिवदतीति in its discussion on the question whether Vedic mantras are significant The words of the Ait. Br. 'yat karma kriyamāṇam ṛgabhivadati' (*Continued from last page*) contain the same doctrine that the PMS and Śabara emphasize viz mantras are 'arthapratyāyaka' or 'arthaprakāśaka'. शबर on अविशिष्टस्तु वाक्यार्थ. (पू मी सू I. 2 32) says 'अर्थप्रत्यायनार्थमेव यज्ञे मन्त्रोच्चारणम्'