Contents
CONTENTS.
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| INTRODUCTION | |
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| A. Day (or Days) of Preparation. |
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| Dîkshâ, or Consecration | |
| Prâyanîyeshti, or Opening Sacrifice | |
| Hiranyavatî-âhuti, or Offering with Gold; and Homage to Soma-cow | |
| Purchase of Soma-plants | |
| Procession and Entrance of King Soma | |
| Subrahmanyâ-litany | |
| Âtithya, or Guest-meal to King Soma | |
| Tânûnaptra, or Covenant of Tanûnapât | |
| Avântara-dîkshâ, or Intermediary Consecration | |
| Upasadah, or Homages (sieges) | |
| Preparation of Soma-altar with High-altar | |
| Agni-pranayana, or Leading Forward of the Fire to the High-altar | |
| Construction of Sheds, and Preparation of Pressing-place and Dhishnya-hearths | |
| Havirdhâna, or Cart-shed | |
| Uparava, or Sound-holes | |
| Sadas, or Tent | |
| Dhishnya-hearths | |
| Vaisargina-offerings, and Leading Forward of Agni and Soma (to Âgnîdhra) | |
| Animal Sacrifice | |
| Setting up of Sacrificial Stake | |
| Slaying of Victim | |
| Oblations:-- |
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| Fore-offerings with Âprî-verses | |
| Offering of Omentum (vapâ) | |
| Pasu-purodâsa, or Cake-offering | |
| Cutting and offering of Flesh-portions | |
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| Offering of gravy (vasâ) | |
| Offering to Vanaspati | |
| After-offerings | |
| Purificatory Bath, &c. | |
| Ekâdasinî, or Set of Eleven Victims | |
| Vasatîvarî-water | |
| B. Day of Soma-feast. |
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| Prâtar-anuvâka, or Morning-prayer; and Preparatory Ceremonies | |
| Prâtah-savana, or Morning-pressing:-- |
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| Preliminary Pressing | |
| Nigrâbhyâ-water | |
| Nigrâbha-formula | |
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| Upâmsu-graha | |
| Great Pressing:-- |
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| Antaryâma-graha | |
| Aindravâyava-graha | |
| Maitrâvaruna-graha | |
| Âsvina-graha | |
| Sukra- and Manthi-grahas | |
| Âgrayana-graha | |
| Ukthya-graha | |
| Vaisvânara- and Dhruva-grahas | |
| Viprud-homa, or Oblation of Drops | |
| Bahishpavamâna-stotra | |
| Âsvina-graha | |
| Offering of Savanîya-purodâsâh | |
| Ritu-grahas, or Libations to the Seasons | |
| Aindrâgna-graha | |
| Vaisvadeva-graha | |
| Âgya-sastra | |
| Mâdhyandina-savana, or Midday-pressing | |
| Sukra and Manthin; Âgrayana and Ukthya-grahas | |
| Marutvatîya-grahas | |
| Mâhendra-graha | |
| Dakshinâ-homas | |
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| Tritîya-savana, or Evening-pressing | |
| Âsvina-graha | |
| Âgrayana-graha | |
| Sâvitra-graha | |
| Vaisvadeva-graha | |
| Offering of karu (rice-pap) to Soma | |
| Pâtnîvata-graha | |
| Âgnimâruta-sastra | |
| Hâriyogana-graha | |
| Concluding Ceremonies | |
| Samishtayagus | |
| Avabhritha, or Purificatory Bath | |
| Udayanîya-ishti | |
| Udavasânîyâ-ishti, or Completing Oblation | |
| Offering of Barren Cow | |
| C. Additional Forms of Soma-sacrifice. |
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| Shodasin | |
| Dvâdasâha | |
| Atigrâhyas | |
| Avakâsas | |
| Trirâtra sahasradakshina | |
| Dvâdasâha vyûdha-khandas | |
| Amsu-graha | |
| Gavâm ayanam | |
| Mahâvratîya-graha | |
| Brahma-sâman | |
| Dîkshâ, or Consecration, for Sacrificial Sessions | |
| Sattrotthâna, or Rising from a Session | |
| Katurhotri-formulas | |
| Brahmodya | |
| INDEX TO PARTS I AND II (VOLS. XII AND XXVI) | |
| Additions and Corrections | |
| Plan of Sacrificial Ground | |
| Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East | 477 |