History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.617

v7.c93.617

If the fruit or result (*phala*) follows from all the component sacrifices collectively, then the subsidiary details have to be performed only once and not separately in the case of each component; this is *tantra*. But if the result follows from each of the component sacrifices separately, then the subsidiary details should be performed with each one of those components. That would be a case of āvāpa (decentralisation or scattering). In the Darśapūrṇamāsa there are really two sets ²²⁰⁰ of sacrifices, one called Darśa (on amāvāsyā) and the other Pūrṇamāsa. The subsidiaries prescribed for each are almost the same. Yet they have to be repeated with each of the two sets, the principal reason being that the two are performed on two different days separated by a fortnight, though the two sets together make one single sacrifice leading to a single fruit. Vide PMS XI. 2. 12-18 which is a case of āvāpa.