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The Gopatha Brahmana of the Atharva Veda. Edited by Rajendralala Mitra UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY WILLIAM H. DONNER COLLECTION purchased from a gift by THE DONNER CANADIAN FOUNDATION ^s / / BIBLIOTIIECA INBICA : A 1 I'lON 4 iK 1]; I K.NTA I. \VORKS PUBLISH ED BY THE JASIATIC SOCIETY OF liK.\<;.\L. INK CJOI'ATHA IM.VVIIMANA Of TIM' \TIJ \i;\ \ YKI'A nn: dftlGINAl SANSKfilT. BDITI-I. i; A -i I.N I HI \L A'I.A \i ri'i.'.v. ;A<'|| \MH:\ vn>\ Ar'BHUSHAJ ll.C I JT%. \ LIST OF PKOPER NAMES -V. y?. No references have been attached to such names as Indra b idi occur very frequently. .. 33 Agni, Agastyu, LIST OF PROPER NAM , Kabaiidlui. fa Kabandhi, . , . ... 3Q ... ib. ... Ivasyapa, .. ... ... 28 Kausalya, .. r- _ ^ ^ Kaussimbeya, ... ... 71 ... Jvrinvaiia, ... -)^ K UI' U > ... 45 30 Kusuravindu, .... 71 ... Magadha, .. - ... 30 Mandhata, ... ... ^ fa ... ... ... ... ib. MaudgaJya, ... ... 16 Mitra, ... t> . ... ... 80 Panchala, ... ^ 45 30 Parikshit, ... ... ... 25176 Prajapati, Prachinayogyar ... ... 49 Priyaaiedha, ... ... 5j Predi > -. .. .'!.' .'.'.' 71 - ... ... ... ... 30 -. ... ... ... 35 Saiihanu, ... ... ... 28 . ... Sarpadafishtra, % . fa .. Satyahavya, ... ... ... Ill Saunaka, .. ^ ... 45 Savasa, .,, ..... .. ... ... 39 8*lva - > ... .. ... .. 30 Svaidayana, Saunaka, .. ... ... ^ Sva, ... ... ... "7 28 ... Svayambhu, . ... 28 Taraksku, .. ... itt ^ ... Uddalaka A'rui) 1-, , t , . 71 45 r [>T 01 PR'M'Ki; NAMI-X 3 ... iik;irk>lm, :;i I .". 7 ha ' ... ... ... ... L'S Vanuia, 111 113 35 MU ' ... ... ... ... .. 1H i"itra, ... l^Q dovtili, >ati l > ... '.'.'. 111,115 lllika l^ .. ... 171,183 ^TUU ' ... 30 CONTENTS TIII-: I'ATHA BRA'HMANA. KIIIST P.MMK. LpTER I. :;ku. 1. Brahma, v Miinu ... I "i, ... ... H). tl, . AtV'l lr']>s into I liliri-u ... :ll. I Athar. S 'f <! na ... he three r ,.-1 of tin- tin. ' n vu > . //. : .f tllf livi' li. ' 1 I I 7 :inl ntln 1 1. J5. A 2 . ik:i. Page 17. C'n-atioii of ilu- earth A-C. from Om, .. ..10 18. Do. ether Arc. .In., .. .. if). 19. Do. heaven Arc. do., .. .. ib. 20. Do. water A.V. do., . , ib. 21. Do. Sruti &c. do.. ib. 22. Praise of Om, .. .. .. ..11 23. of the to . ib. Legend Devas giving preeminence Om, . 24. Questions regarding the derivation of Om, .. ..12 25. Legend of Indra and Prajapati on the derivation of Om, .. .. ... ... ib. 26. The root of Om, .. .. .. ..13 27. instants of The syllabic Om, ... ib. 28. on the of Legend preeminence Om, t . t . , 14 29. Relation of to the defferent Om Vedas, .. ... 15 30. Philosophy of Om, ... .. .. 16 31-32. Anecdote of Maiulgalya and Glava on the meaning, object and preeminence of the Gaytri, ... ib. 33. The twenty-four sources and twelve couples of the Gayatri, ... <<( 18 34. of the first foot of the Meaning Gayatri, . 19 35. of foot Do. the second of do. _. ... ... 20 36. Do. of the third foot of do. ib. 37. Succession of the twelve great elements ib. 38. True knowledge of the relative, importance of the twelve elements, ... ... ... 21 39. Advantages of washing the month (dchamana) with refer- ence to the preeminence of water, 22 <'ll.U'TKK IT. 1. Propriety of performing tin- 2. A Brahmaohri should overcome the seven passions,~pride of of of caste, fame, dream, of anger, of praise of beauty, of do. for of virtue, do. for sweet odour, ... 5 ika. 3. Th- dm ii.-l . ual cuimrctiori :md ni .. thinking on ... in tin- t\v.. hand>. tli,' month, '. :in.l th-- -, should )> ,., 5.- ! ik.sliita ami t dc-r iiii|.irlan-' <>t' I'raliiinu-liai' . and t lie tiiiu- which should !.. ,i 'iia C.- I sul',' l-lcrs t.. p\r tin-in aim , ing i iii'l ... l'i.i : nd the with tin- ditlrivnt 8|)ccial knowlcdgo which ....... sai-rilici: \\ itli T ft .d tli.M' reason why it. In 1 : >. !' this a 1,'L' \.M-V-P i^ oxplni the I r'OXTEXTS. Kaiidika. Page produced by speech from darksome t'rightful wafers, and was pacified by Kubaudhi with an A'tharvanu mantra after the other Vedas liad failed, ... ... .';,"> of the the second 19. The origin officiating priests 3 requirement of Agnyddh&na described in a legend in which Indra assumes different shapes to protect a sacri- 'W lice of the gods from the intrusion of the Asuras, ... 20, Origin of the Vaisvanara fire and of the sacrificial horse, 37 21. Agni pacifies the horse; the offerings to be presented to him, . ... ... 38 ... 39 22. Advantages of offering oblation on the Santapana fire, 23. The domestic ceremonies in which the Santapana fire 40 should be employed, ... ... ... 24. Legend on the qualification of the priests : the hota should know the II Veda the should know the Ya- ig ; Adhvaryu the should the Veda and jur Veda ; Udg'Ha know Sama ; the Brahma should know the Atharva Veda, ... ib. CHAPTER III. 1. The importance of having a Brahma versed in the Athar- vanglrasa at a sacrifice, ... ... ... 42 2. of less four versed The impropriety employing than priests in the four Vedas^at a sacrifice, '... ... 43 3. Expiations for a priest speaking when officiating, . ib. 4. The chief duties for which the priests recieve fees (dakshina,) 44 5. Legend showing .that in a sacrifice with three priests the fees were reduced by one half, ... ib. 6-10. A legend of Uddalaka in which questions are propoun- ded and answer* ^iven regarding the process of the development of the body and the functions of its differ- ent organs, ... ... 45 11-12. Legend of Pr&chinayogya and Gotama- the former inquires which are the different Devas with reference to whome the different members of the Agnihota are per- 49 formed, and the la tter's reply thereto, ... ,,. lika. l.'J. Legend - l>.uit r-i'vtain . ;ni<l expiations for tin' ' ' 1 1. Ad f Priyamedhaa of tln r:\cr of Bharadvrfja, <>n shoulil In* in-rfornu-il lailv .. ... ... ..54 ' 16.- . i-Tivaii-'ii 'ic \v>nl pi, 17. LogiMul about certain t' th n.-uii'.- "t' Kani. \\\\ n A^iiishtonia witli a feo of on- ro\v, and MTCof,. ... ..//>. 18. i ling tli" distribution of the slaughtered r Tiriutms_ I'l-it-.-- ... if>, '. <>rdi ita in fiiMH'i'tioii ' wit 1 Jl-L"J. i 1 slimild not jii-rfonn, .. H>. an .nlaiin-d -..okin.u' fnuwnty l>y |.i ... , ... 60 OBAFTIB iv. ' 1 >i-'iin.i' tder, . of i Do. \\lh-in //'. the 1 . 6 CONTENTS. Kandiku. 10. Rewards attendant upon the performance of those cere- monies same as in (the the 8th K., ... 55 11. Advantages of knowing the above, 66 12. Do. of the performing Dasaratra as a part of the ear y .. .. ib. 13. Do. do. Mahavrata as do., 67 14. Questions and answers the regarding performance of do., ',!>. 15. -Do do., mm _ iftm 16. Do. do., t ; ..68 17. Rewards attendant on do., ?7,. 18. The two of the the two wings year, half-years, . 69 19. Both connected halfyears with sacrifice, ib. 20. and Question answer regarding the connection of the &c. with the Jyotishtoma half-year, if>. 21-22. Connection of the with the year Atiratras &(.-., 70 23, Do. with the sun, ... ^ 24. Legend of Predi son of Kansambi, and Uddalaka son of Kusuravindu, on the subject of the ceremonial connec- tion of the of days the year, . 71 CHAPTER V. ! noticed in Abhiplava ceremony connexion with the year, 72 2. Gadhapratishtha ceremony noticed, ... ?7>. 3-5. of the as Allegorical description year a man ; its mem- bers are the represented by different ceremonies, ... 73 6 of Advantage performing the ceremonies after knowing their relation to the year, 77 7. The succession of ceremonies; which should follow which, ib. 8. Legend of Prajapati attaining eternal fruition by a cere- which envolved a fee of a mony thousand heads of cattle, ib. 9. The most important requirements of different ceremonies to make their fruition permanent, 78 10. A about the legend Sahasra-samvatsara sacrifice, and its substitute, , t 79 . ,,\ 7 Page 11. I 12.-- ' tin- inori. ,na- ... 13. ! :n:i <!>., Do, > I . 83 m sacrit . > } 22. < ;.(! fruit<, of . ill'I rr.jti: 86 ccr- ... 87 OK, : I. ' : ^'/, 89 90 . 6.- :. tliMM- v. ' 8 Kandik;i. Page 7. Legend on the origin of the Odana-sava or cooking ceremony, .. .. ... ... //... 8. Origin of the Nakshatras, .. ... !KJ 9,- Kxpiution necessry should the moon rise when the pri is about to cook rice for the evening offering, . ib. 10.- The new and full moons, and the creation of animals therefrom, . 94 11-15. Rules regarding ceremonies to be performed on the new and the full moons, ... .. 94 16. Sacrifice to Indra and Agni by those whose father and father not drunk the grand have Soma juice, . 95 17. Legend showing the different cosharers of the offerings at an Iiidragni sacrifice, ... ... ib. 18. Do. continued, showing the advantages of the sacrifice, . 9G 19. Avantages of the Chaturmasya homa which should be performed for four months from the full -moon of Phal- ... guna, . 97 20. Advantages of worshiping different deities at the Agni- soma sacrifice, .. ... ... ... ib. 21. Anecdote of Prajapati creating the animated world, and Varuna regulating the same. .. ... .. OS 22. Advantages of various offerings to Indragni, Varuna fec., ... ... ... ... 99 of at 23. Advantages offerings various times, .. ... 100 24. Do. offerings to the manes, .. .. .. 101 25. Do. of various offerings to different deities on different oc- casions, . ib. 2G. Do. of the Chaturmasya homa, . 103 CHAPTER II. 1. of flesh Offerings meat on the A'hit'igni, . 104 2. The gods, resolved to overcome the Asuras, devide them- five selves into parlies, . ... ib. 3. They suggest different means of conquest, ... ... 105 ika. th". !. 7 'it \vitli 1 1 ' :" .Irinkii 1 1 1 . ,.,112 3 I ... ... ... ... ' i - 1. n, >,. I Vft 10 CONTESTS. Kandik-i.
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