Lovely explanation! Thank you!!!
> On Feb 4, 2022, at 12:38 PM, Lubin, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Herman, > > If the number is 21 rather than 22 (as the passage you quote indicates), it > may refer to the 7 somayajñas + 7 haviryajñas (iṣṭi rites) + 7 pākayajñas, a > comprehensive rubrication of Vedic ritual laid out in the > Karmāntasūtraappended to the Baudhāyana Śrautasūtra (24.4). Baudhāyana > Gṛhyasūtra 1.1.1–12 describes the seven pākayajñas as: > huta: “when [the offering] is made in the fire” (yad dhūyate) > prahuta: “when, after a fire-offering, something is given” (yad dhutvā dīyate) > āhuta: “when, after a fire-offering and a gift, something is received” (yad > dhutvā dattvā cādīyate) > śūlagava: “when they skewer pieces of cow-meat on spits and cook them” (yac > chūleṣūpanikṣya[1] <x-msg://2/#_ftn1> gavyāni śrapayanti) > baliharaṇa: “when they scatter food for the gods of the household” (yad > gṛhyābhyo devatābhyo ’nnaṃ saṃprakiranti) > pratyavarohaṇa: “when they adopt the low bed from season to season” (yad ṛto > ṛtuṃ pratyavarohanti) > aṣṭakāhoma: “when food is prepared during the ekāṣṭaka rite” (yad ekāṣṭakāyām > annaṃ kriyate)[2] <x-msg://2/#_ftn2> > > The classification into seven here reflects a desire for symmetry with the > two types of śrauta rites to yield three 7-member lists — pākayajña, > haviryajña, somayajña — as stated in BGParibhāṣasūtra 1.6.22. > > For my discussion of this, see: > “Baudhāyanīya Contributions to Smārta Hinduism,” in: Vedic Śākhās: Past, > Present, Future. Proceedings of the Fifth International Vedic Workshop, > Bucharest 2011, edited by Jan E.M. Houben, Julieta Rotaru & Michael Witzel. > Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora 9 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard, 2016), > pp. 591–606. > https://www.academia.edu/3250233/Baudh%C4%81yan%C4%ABya_Contributions_to_Sm%C4%81rta_Hinduism > > <https://www.academia.edu/3250233/Baudh%C4%81yan%C4%ABya_Contributions_to_Sm%C4%81rta_Hinduism> > Warm wishes, > Tim > > Timothy Lubin > Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law > Chair of the Department of Religion > 204 Tucker Hall > Washington and Lee University > Lexington, Virginia 24450 > > https://lubin.academic.wlu.edu/ > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flubin.academic.wlu.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KGZJIHllkEOJZN9s48rB6YkrExmYG1owecyuPn%2FuR%2Bg%3D&reserved=0> > > http://wlu.academia.edu/TimothyLubin > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwlu.academia.edu%2FTimothyLubin&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=etrMzh0RHx8819v5PH6KeTgeHQpeNVqeSUP62IDVn9c%3D&reserved=0> > > https://ssrn.com/author=930949 > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fssrn.com%2Fauthor%3D930949&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=F9JfpSkLrSfrImfMeIXPIjpUIVYIYcwfbvm8dqcxedE%3D&reserved=0> > https://dharma.hypotheses.org/people/lubin-timothy > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdharma.hypotheses.org%2Fpeople%2Flubin-timothy&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521898628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=sncUovdIh9wA0ezo8n2xpYpllaMKMetH86tMA6Jtg9A%3D&reserved=0> > > > From: INDOLOGY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of INDOLOGY > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Reply-To: "Tieken, H.J.H. (Herman)" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Friday, February 4, 2022 at 3:21 PM > To: INDOLOGY <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: [INDOLOGY] 22 sacrifices > > Dear List members, > In Puṟanāṉūṟu 166 a brahmin is described who had "performed to perfection all > twenty-one kinds of sacrifices" (trsl. Hart and Heifetz). I am at a loss > which 22 sacrifices are referred to here; that is to say, I do not know where > to look. I hope someone has a suggestion. > With kind regards, Herman > > Herman Tieken > Stationsweg 58 > 2515 BP Den Haag > The Netherlands > 00 31 (0)70 2208127 > website: hermantieken.com > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhermantieken.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Ca188ea73934446860ffd08d9e81be0d7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637796028708942079%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=uX4pewIXbJxXJYrUMNr5nM8v7hidBjttJFJ1eY5bpM0%3D&reserved=0> > > [1] <x-msg://2/#_ftnref1> em.; upanikṣyā N; upanitya Bh; folio missing in B; > here and in similar contexts, M and C have upanīkṣya (M listing upanikṣipya > as a variant). > [2] <x-msg://2/#_ftnref2> Mentioned already at BŚS 3.10.5. > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology>
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