History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.557

v7.c93.557

If there are several deities or brāhmaṇas to be honoured with several acts or things, or there are several yūpas (sacrificial posts) as in Aikādaśina animal sacrifice on which several saṁskāras are to be performed from añjana to parivyāna (surrounding with a girdle), then one should perform all the saṃskāras from añjana to parivyāna on the yūpa first and then all these on the 2nd and so on up to the last yūpa or whether one should perform añjana on all yūpas one after another, the next saṃskāra on all yūpas one after another and so on till the last saṃskāra of parivyāna is done on all yūpas one after another. The former way is called kāṇḍānusamaya and the latter 'padārthānusamaya'.²¹⁶⁶ Jai. V. 2 7-9 refers to the first method and Jai. V. 2. 1-3 to the 2nd Vide for the explanation and illustration of these two, H. of Dh. Vol. II. pp 739-740, p 1132 n 2528 and Vol. IV. pp 441-42 n 987. On Yāj I 232 ('apasavyam tataḥ kṛtvā) the Mit. remarks that the performer of Śrāddha follows the kāṇḍānusamaya method for the Vaiśvadeva brāhmaṇas i. e. gives them water for washing the feet, then ācamana, seat, sandalwood paste, flowers &c, then he should wear the sacred thread on the right shoulder and offer the upacāras to the pitrya brāhmaṇas.