History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1941
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1941
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Rudra (see under Ekādaśinī, Laghurudra, Mahārudra, Atirudra): 1024; name of Rudrādhyāya, viz. eleven anuvākas in Tai. S IV. 5. 1-11, beginning with 'namas-te Rudra manyave', reciting them once being called 'āvartana' and reciting eleven times is called 'Ekādaśinī, 759, 813 and n; word r. is harsh name 721n; worship by R takes three forms viz. *japa*, *homa* and *abhiṣeka* (sprinkling a person with holy water over which Rudra mantras have been repeated), 814.