The Yajur Veda (Taittiriya Sanhita)
9781465578396
302 pages
Library of Alexandria
Overview
Prapathaka 1. The new and full moon sacrifices 1. The driving away of the calves 2. The taking of the strew 3. The milking 4. The making of the offering 5. The preparation of the grain 6. The pounding 7. The placing of the potsherds 8. The cooking of the cake 9. The altar 10. The offering of the oblation 11. The sprinkling and the enclosing-sticks 12. The libations of butter 13. The interchange of the ladles 14. The special sacrifices Prapathaka 2. The Soma sacrifice 1. The preparation of the sacrificer 2. The consecration of the sacrificer 3. The place of sacrifice 4. The sacrificial cow 5. The footprints of the cow 6. The measuring of the Soma 7. The buying of the Soma 8. The placing of the Soma on the cart 9. The taking of the Soma to the hall 10. The guest-offering to the Soma 11. The Upasads 12. The high altar 13. The sacrificial carts and the shed 14. The special sacrifices Prapathaka 3. The Victim for Agni and Soma 1. The making of the Sadas 2. The making of the sound-holes 3. The adoration of the altars 4. The adoration of the altars 5. The cutting of the sacrificial post 6. The placing of the post 7. The driving up of the victim 8. The slaying of the victim 9. The cutting out of the omentum 10. The offering of the fat 11. The supplementary offering of the intestines 12. The Vasativari waters 13. The descent of the Soma from the cart 14. The special sacrifices
