Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c32.6

c32.6

This question,—as to whether the Details laid down in the section on *Darsha-Pūrṇamāsa* belong to these alone or to all Sacrifices, turns upon the further question as to whether the performance of the said Details is meant only for the accomplishment of the Sacrifices, or for the bringing about of an *Apūrva*; because, in the former case, as all Sacrifices would be equally Sacrifice, what is laid down for the fulfilment of the ‘Sacrifice’ would naturally be related to all Sacrifices equally,—while, in the latter case, the details would be related to only one Apūrva, and this one Apūrva could not but be the one following from the Sacrifice in whose context the details would be mentioned; as it is only of such Sacrifices, that the said Details could be *Subsidiary*—as explained under Discourse III. And in this case therefore, the Details in question would appertain definitely to only one Sacrifice, and they could become connected with other Sacrifices only through Transference.