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Prapathaka 8. The Rajasuya




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Hindu Books > Hindu Scriptures > The Vedas > The Yajur Veda > Kanda I > Prapathaka 8. The Rajasuya

KANDA I

PRAPKTHAKA VIII

The Rajasuya

1. The Offerings To Nirrti And Others

i. 8. 1.

a Anumati he offers a cake on eight potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a cow. The (grains) which are thrown down to the west of the support he (offers) on one potsherd to Nirrti; the sacrificial fee is a black garment with a black fringe.

Go away, hail! rejoicing in the oblation.
This is thy share, O Nirrti;
O thou who hast prospered, thou art rich in oblation;
Free him from evil. Hail!
Honour to him who hath done this.

He offers an oblation to Aditya; the sacrificial fee is a choice (ox). (He offers) to Agni and Visnu on eleven potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a dwarf beast of burden. (He offers) to Agni and Soma [1] on eleven potsherds; the sacrificial fee is gold. (He offers) to Indra on eleven potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a bull as a beast of burden. (He offers) to Agni on eight potsherds, and curds to Indra; the sacrificial fee is a bull as a beast of burden. (He offers) to Indra and Agni on twelve potsherds, and an oblation (caru) to the All-gods; the sacrificial fee is a first-born calf. (He offers) an oblation of millet to Soma; the sacrificial fee is a garment. (He offers) an oblation to Sarasvati, and an oblation to Sarasvant; the sacrificial fee is a pair of oxen.




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Prapathaka 8. The Rajasuya
1. The Offerings To Nirrti And Others
2. The Vaiçvadeva Offerings
3. The Varunapraghasa Offerings
4. The Sakamedha Offerings
5. The Offering To The Pitrs At The Sakamedhas
6. The Cakes For Tryambaka At The Sakamedhas
7. The Offerings To Çunasira And Others
8. The Offerings To Various Deities
9. The Offerings In The Houses Of The Ratnins
10. The Devasu Oblations
11. The Drawing Of The Waters Of Consecration
12. The Preparation Of The Waters Of Consecration
13. The Mounting Of The Quarters
14. The Consecration
15. The Progress With The Chariot
16. The Adoration Of The King
17. The Offerings To The Samsrps
18. The Daçapeya
19. The Propitiation Of The Quarters And Offerings To The Satyadatas
20. The Offerings To The Prayuja
21. The Sautramani
22. The Special Sacrifices
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