History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.580

v7.c93.580

The 8th chapter deals with specific cases of extension (atideśa). The Darśapūrṇamāsa is the prakṛti of all²¹⁷⁷ *iṣṭis* and 'Darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṁ yajeta' is called *vidhyādi* and *vidhyanta* is the whole procedure of Darśapūrṇamāsa (except the originative injunction 'darśapūrṇamāsyābhyāṁ yajeta) detailed in the Brāhmaṇas about the offering of puroḍāśa (cake) &c. In the Vikṛtiyāga called Saurya²¹⁷⁸ the sentence 'one who desires to secure the lustre of Vedic learning should offer boiled rice to the Sun' is the vidhyādi, but no details are mentioned there. There is an expectation of some procedure and, though there are numerous vidhyantas in relation to sacrifices, the special word '*nirvapati*' is indicative of the procedure of Darśapūrṇamāsa (in which also there is *nirvāpa*) and one comes to understand that the Saurya *caru* is offered as in Āgneya (the first rite in Darśapūrṇamāsa). The details of the prakṛti are to be performed in all other *iṣṭis* along with the few details that may have been stated expressly as to some.