[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v3.c9.77 # The Purana Index v3.c9.77 The Purāṇa Index v3.c9.77 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c9.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.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 - [Previous: v3.c9.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.76) - [Next: v3.c9.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.78) - [Up: v3.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v3.c9.77) · Pramāṇa