Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2429

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2429

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c8.2429

PRAHUTA. A great yajña. Manusmṛti states that respecting each of the following five is considered as a yajña in itself :—A devatā, a guest, servants, parents and the self. Of these the first is called Ahuta, second, huta, third, prahuta, fourth brāhmyahuta and fifth, prāśita (Ślokas 72. 73, Chapter 3, Manusmṛti).

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit