History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.486

v7.c99.486

Dakṣiṇā (fees in a Vedic sacrifice), 1329–31; great divergence of views about the D. to be given 1329n, is to be given by the sacrificer (*yajamāna*) who is to engage priests to perform rites in a sacrifice and is not given for an unseen purpose 1329; items (various) which may constitute D. in different yāgas set out by Tāṇḍya Br. to be distributed by the yajamāna himself acc. to the method of unequal distribution set out in PMS, 1329; Madanaratna provides that to Paśubandha the unequal distribution does not apply 1330; Manu mentions this method of unequal distribution in the Veda and extends its principle to men working jointly on joint undertakings such as house construction, 1330; Medieval Dharmaśāstra works follow the Pūrvapakṣa view of equal distribution (X. 3. 53) as an equitable rule in the case of liability of several sureties and other matters, 1330–31.