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INTRODUCTION

xiii

EIGHTH KÂNDA.

The Building of the Sacred Fire-altar (continued).

First Layer (continued):--

1

     Prânabhrit (5 sets of 10 each)

1

     Lokamprinâ

22

Second Layer:--

22

     Âsvinî (5)

23

     Ritavyâ (2)

29

     Vaisvadevî (5)

30

     Prânabhrit (5)

33

     Apasyâ (5)

34

     Khandasyâ (19)

36

     Lokamprinâ

41

Third Layer:--

41

     Svayamâtrinnâ (1)

42

     Disyâ (5)

43

     Visvagyotis (1)

47

     Ritavyâ (4)

48

     Prânabhrit (10)

51

     Khandasyâ (36)

51

     Vâlakhilyâ (14)

54

     Lokamprinâ

58

Fourth Layer:--

58

     Stoma (18)

59, 77

     Sprit (10)

66

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     Ritavyâ (2)

70

     Srishti (27)

71

     Lokamprinâ

82

Fifth Layer:--

82

     Asapatnâ (5)

83

     Khandasyâ, or Virâg (4 sets of 20 each)

83, 87

     Stomabhâgâ (29)

92

     Nâkasad (5)

97

     Pañkakûdâ (5)

103

     Khandasyâ (10 sets of 3 each)

109

     Gârhapatya hearth (8)

117

     Punaskiti (8)

119

     Ritavyâ (2)

125

     Visvagyotis (1)

129

     Lokamprinâ (1)132

     Vikarnî (1)

141

     Svayamâtrinnâ (1)

142

          Sâmans sung thereon

145

          Scattering of 100 chips of gold on altar

146

          Symbolical meaning of layers

147

NINTH KÂNDA.

Satarudriya

150, 156

     Oblations on three enclosing-stones

158

     Avatâna (unstringing) libations

163

     Pratyavaroha (redescending) libations

264

     Sprinkling of altar

169

     Throwing of stone towards Nirriti's quarter

171

     Taking possession of the bricks, as milch cows

172

     Drawing of frog, lotus-flower, and bamboo-shoot across the altar

174

     Sâmans sung round the altar

177

Day of Preparation for Soma-sacrifice

181

     Libations on Svayamâtrinnâ

182

     Sprinkling of altar with sour curds, honey and ghee

184

     Pravargya

187

Leading forward of Agni to the Altar

188

     Oblations of ghee on udumbara logs

189

     Lifting of log, setting forth, Apratiratha hymn

191

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     Setting up of variegated stone on Âgnîdhra site

195

     Mounting of Fire-altar

198

     Milk-offering on firebrand

200

     Laying down of, and putting logs on, Âhavanîya fire

202

     Oblations thereon

204

Installation and Consecration of Agni

207

     Cakes to Vaisvânara and Maruts

207

     Vasor dhârâ, or shower of wealth

213

     Ardhendra and Graha oblations

216

     Yagñakratus

217

     Oblations to Stomas and age-grades

217

     Kalpa (prospering) libations

220

     Vâgaprasavîya libations

223

     Pârtha libations

225

     Consecration of Sacrificer

226

     Râshtrabhrit oblations

229

     Oblations on head of chariot

233

     Yoking of chariot with oblations of air

235

     Ruṅmatî (lightsome) oblations

237

     Arkâsvamedha-samtati oblations

239

Preparatory Rites of Soma-sacrifice

242

     Building of Dhishnya hearths

241

     Agnîshomîya (animal) sacrifice

245

     Oblations to Regions

245

     Oblations to Divine Quickeners (devasû)

246

     Pasupurodâsa-offering

248

Sutyâ, or Day of Soma-sacrifice

249

     Agniyoga, or yoking of Fire-altar

249

     Pressing and offering of Soma

251

     Unyoking of Fire-altar

252

     Milk for fast-food

255

     Samishtayagus oblations

257

     Udayanîyâ, and offering of barren cow

263

     Cake to Orderer (Pragâpati and the sun)

264

     Oblations to goddesses Anumati, Râkâ, Sinîvalî and Kuhû

264

     Pasupurodâsa and concluding ceremonies of offering of barren cow

265

     Vaisvakarmana oblations

266

     Payasyâ-offering to Mitra and Varuna

270

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     Rules for a repeated Agnikayana

271

     Propitiatory hymn to Indra and Agni

274

TENTH KÂNDA.

The Mystery of the Fire-altar

281

     The triad--Fire-altar, Mahad uktham, and Mahâvrata

281

     Parimâd sâmans

288

     Pragâpati made immortal

290

     Layers of altar partly mortal and partly immortal

292

     Agnikayana includes all sacrifices

296

     Contraction and expansion of wings of altar (bird)

300

     Dimensions of Fire-altar

305

     Sevenfold and hundred and onefold altars

313

     Time for building the altar

316

     Number of Upasad-days

317

     Pragâpati, the Altar and the Year (Time)

321

     The metres in relation to Pragâpati

327

     Dhîra Sâtaparneya and Mahâsâla Gâbâla on the knowledge of Agni

331

     Âruni on the mystery of the Arka

333

     Mystic import of the Yagus

336

     The sacred fire, the Arka, the one Akshara, the great Brahman

343

     Pragâpati, the year, is Agni, and King Soma, the moon

349

     Trayî vidyâ (the Vedas)

352

     Pragâpati, the year, as Death

356

     The Sacrificer is Pragâpati, and immortal

357

     Numbers of bricks in layers

358

     Session of a thousand years

361

     Mystic import of Agni, the Fire-altar

363

     The gold plate and gold man as sun and the man in the sun

366

     Death, the man in the right eye, and the man in the sun

371

     Mind, the ultimate cause of the universe

375

     The Fire-altar, the universe

381

     Kusri Vâgasravasa on the construction of the altar

390

     Asvapati Kaikeya on the nature of Vaisvânara

393

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     The Agni-like, Arka-like, Uktha-like Purusha

398

     The true Brahman, the Self, the golden Purusha

400

     The sacrificial horse (Pragâpati), the universe

401

     Death, the ultimate cause

402

     Death, the Arka and Asvamedha, conquered by knowledge

404

Corrections.

405

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East

407