History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.593

v7.c93.593

When in a sacrifice boiled rice is to be offered the mantra is 'syonam...vrīhīṇām medha sumanasyamānaḥ' (vide pp. 1298-99 n. 2125 above). If boiled rice is destroyed or not available and *nīvāra* grains are substituted, there is no ūha as 'nīvārāṇām medha' but the words 'vrīhīṇām medha' are to be retained (PMS IX. 3. 23-26), because, as stated in PMS VI. 3. 27 (sāmānyam tac-cikīrṣā hi), nīvāras are substituted on account of the similarity of parts of boiled *nīvāras* with the parts of rice grains.