History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.333.1

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Two other words require some explanation. They are '*ārādupakāraka*' and '*sannipatyopakāraka*'. In the 3rd chapter of the PMS the author deals ²⁰³⁷ with *śeṣa*, its definition and explains how to determine what things are called *śeṣa* and what are *śeṣin*. Kumārila sets out five definitions of the word *śeṣa*, discards four and accepts one, viz '*śeṣa*' is that which serves the purpose of another. Śabara comments that what serves to help another is called *śeṣa* and the other is called *śeṣin*. Śabara adds a qualification viz. that is *śeṣa* which is of very much help to another. Bādari holds that there are three groups of *śeṣa* viz *dravya* (materials for sacrifice such as rice-grains), *guṇa* (such as the reddish colour of the cow that is the price of the soma to be purchased), *samskāras* (purificatory acts such as the pounding of the grains in mortar and pestle which make the grains fit for turning them into puroḍāśa) Jaimini adds that rites (*karmāṇi*) like yāga, fruit or result (of *yāga*) are *śeṣa* as regards the performer and the performer is *śeṣa* with reference to the yāga. According to Bādari, *dravya*, *guṇa*, *saṁskāra* are always *śeṣa*, while according to the established conclusion, *yāga*, reward and performer (*yāga*, *phala* and *puruṣa*) may be according to circumstances either *śeṣa* or *śeṣin*.