Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra 19.3:
[...] vā dvāv agnī prajvālya dvau paśū upākaroty aryamṇe dakṣiṇaṃ, prājāpatyam uttaram ।
(Devapāla’s Bhāṣya)
[...] laukikau dvāv agnī prajvālya dvau paśū chāgau kanyāsaṃskārārtham upākuryāt । paśukalpavat । ekam aryamṇe dakṣiṇabhāgavartiny agnau, dvitīyaṃ prajāpataye uttaradigbhāgavartiny agnau [...]
(Quoted from Raik Strunz' forthcoming edition).
Best wishes,
Walter
I wonder if anyone has come across the word udagagni, or some other compound meaning 'northern/upward fire', other than in the ritual context of sacrificial fires? I am not at all sure what it means, but it is mentioned (in the astrological work Hāyanasundara, v. 166) together with lightning and thunder (and enemies):_______________________________________________
syāt ketuyutadṛṣṭaś cet kujo vidyudbhayaṃkaraḥ | syān meghagarjanād bhītiś codagagniripor api ||
(The Sanskrit of the HS is not very elegant, and I don't think udagagniripoḥ is anything more complicated than a dvandva, despite the singular inflection. It could even be a scribal error för udagagne[ḥ] ripoḥ.)
Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Martin Gansten
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