Manual for the Performance of Planetary Sacrifice

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...apart from the numbers mentioned previously, the names and specific quantities of ritual materials—such as the primary barley mixed with clarified butter, sesame seeds, and other offerings—are established here.

The Ten-Thousand Offering Sacrifice Ayutahoma is the archetype original: "prakriti" — the foundational model or standard form from which other rituals are derived. for both the One-Hundred-Thousand Offering Sacrifice Lakshahoma and the Ten-Million Offering Sacrifice Kotihoma. The Laksha and Koti sacrifices are considered variations original: "vikriti" — a modified form that inherits the rules of the archetype unless specified otherwise. of it. Therefore, the ritual rules prescribed for the Ayuta sacrifice are also applicable to the Laksha and Koti sacrifices.

There are four methods for performing the Ten-Million Offering Sacrifice Kotihoma:

• The One-Faced
• The Two-Faced
• The Ten-Faced
• The Hundred-Faced

In this context, the word "Face" refers to the Sacrificial Pits Kunda. Thus, the "One-Faced" method uses one pit; the "Two-Faced" uses two; the "Ten-Faced" uses ten; and the "Hundred-Faced" uses one hundred pits. Among these four types, the "One-Faced" is the archetype, and the others, such as the "Two-Faced," are its variations. Consequently, the specific rules established for the "One-Faced" pit in the Ayuta and other sacrifices apply equally to the three types of multi-pit rituals. The determination of the Sacrificial Pavilion Mandapa and the pits is decided in this same manner.

This is the conclusion. 11.

From the section beginning with "Just as in the Ayuta sacrifice..." to "on an auspicious day," the construction of the sacrificial pits and pavilion is described. It follows the tradition of Ramabaja...

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...drawing from such treatises on pits and pavilions as the Jewel-Mine of Lotus Pits (Padma-kunda-ratnakara), the Accomplishment of Pits (Kunda-siddhi), the Illumination of Pits (Kunda-dyota), the Moonlight of Solar Pits (Arka-kunda-kaumudi), the Wish-Fulfilling Tree of Pits (Kunda-kalpadruma), the Wish-Fulfilling Creeper (Kalpalata), the Sun of the Water-Jar (Kumbha-bhaskara), the Ocean of Pits (Kunda-arnava), the Crest-Jewel of Pit-Principles (Kunda-tattva-shiromani), and others.

Having set aside contradictions found in these and other scholarly compendiums original: "nibandha" — a type of legal or ritual digest that synthesizes earlier scriptures. by logical reasoning in places of doubt, and having extracted the essential truth, this is now spoken briefly in Prose Curnika.

In this ritual, a pavilion of five cubits original: "hasta" — a traditional unit of measurement roughly equal to the length of a forearm (approx. 18 inches). is required; one should not use a different size. This pavilion should be divided into nine parts using four strings as previously described. At the corners of the central framework, four pillars made of "star-tree" wood This likely refers to specific sacred timber species corresponding to astrological motifs. should be placed.

These pillars should be twenty-five cubits long. To the eyes of the builders, they should be thick enough to be wrapped by a cord twenty-five inches long. These pillars, complete with their top-carvings, must be buried in the ground to a depth of one-fifth of their length. Thus, twenty cubits of the pillar remain visible above the ground of the pavilion. Depending on the nature of the ground, the buried portion may be slightly less than one-fifth...