History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.209

v7.c99.209

Aveṣṭi, is a sacrifice performed as part of the Rājasūya-yajña that could be performed only by a kṣatriya, 1332; it is also an independent yāga that may he performed by any one belonging to the three varṇas 1332, Nirṇayasindhu relies upon this difference in Āveṣṭi for its conclusions about Devīpūjā on different tithis 1332, word 'rājan' in 'Rājasūya' is held by PMS and Śabara to mean a kṣatriya only, while some late Dharmaśāstra works hold that the word 'rājan' may secondarily mean even a Vaiśya who becomes a ruler 1333, 1340