The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c29.29

v2.c29.29

| 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 |