The Purana Index v3.c9.77

v3.c9.77

Yajña (III)—origin of, in Treta and dispute on its nature, whether himsā or not,¹ trees fit for, samāna, plaksa, nyagrodha, aśvattha, udumbara, vikarika, bilva, candana, sarala, devadāru, śāla, khadira; unfit are ślesmātaka, naktamāla, kapittha, śālmali, nīpa, vibhītaka and those which are enveloped by creepers and are the residence of birds;² of Śūdras by Brahmanas for livelihood (vṛtti);³ performance of, pleases the gods who give rain,⁴ personified as God with wife Dakṣiṇā and twelve sons, generally known as Yāmas,⁵ born of Viṣnu and Ākūtī in the Svāyambhuva epoch, of Tuṣitā in Svārocisa, of Satyā in Uttama, of Havya in Tāmasa and Sambhūti in Raivata,⁶ duty of all⁷