The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v1.c4.18

v1.c4.18

| CHAP. | PAGE |
| 20. The sacrifices of the Çrauta ritual . . . . . . | 313 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 1. General characteristics . . . . . . . | 313 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 2. Establishment and re-establishment of the fires . . | 316 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 3. The Fire-god oblation or Agnihotra . . . . | 318 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 4. The new-moon and full-moon sacrifices . . . . | 319 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 5. The four-month or seasonal sacrifices . . . . | 321 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 6. First-fruit sacrifice (āgrayaṇa iṣṭi) and others . . . | 323 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 7. The animal sacrifice . . . . . . . | 324 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 8. The Soma sacrifice . . . . . . . | 326 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 9. The Pravargya or hot-milk sacrifice . . . . | 332 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 10. The Aikādaçina animal offering . . . . . | 333 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 11. Other forms of Jyotiṣṭoma . . . . . . | 334 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 12. Other Soma sacrifices of one day's duration . . . | 336 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 13. The Vājapeya or drink-of-strength . . . . | 339 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 14. The royal consecration . . . . . . | 340 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 15. The horse sacrifice . . . . . . . | 343 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 16. The human sacrifice . . . . . . . | 347 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 17. Other Ahīna rites . . . . . . . | 348 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 18. The Sattras or sacrificial sessions . . . . . | 349 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 19. The Sautrāmaṇī . . . . . . . . | 352 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 20. The piling of the fire-altar . . . . . . | 354 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 21. The Hotṛ formulae . . . . . . . | 356 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 22. Expiations . . . . . . . . | 356 |
| 21. The domestic ritual . . . . . . . . | 358 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 1. General character of the domestic sacrifices . . . | 358 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 2. The various offerings . . . . . . . | 359 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 3. Birth-ceremonies and others . . . . . . | 366 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 4. Studentship . . . . . . . . | 369 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 5. Marriage . . . . . . . . | 373 |
| 22. Magic in the ritual . . . . . . . . | 379 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 1. The relations of magic to religion . . . . . | 379 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 2. The nature of Vedic magic . . . . . . | 380 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 3. The removal of hostile influences . . . . . | 382 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 4. The attraction of beneficial substances and powers . | 386 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 5. Mimetic magic . . . . . . . | 388 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 6. Divination and ordeal . . . . . . . | 390 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 7. The magic spell . . . . . . . | 393 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 8. The magic sacrifice . . . . . . . | 396 |
| \ \ \ \ \ \ § 9. Yoga practices . . . . . . . . | 401 |