tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261097102178676559.post6348105674593724050..comments2023-12-30T00:24:21.399-08:00Comments on Learn Sanskrit And Read The Scriptures For Yourself!: Bibek Debroy on the Ashvamedha YagyaRohini Bakshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469456189900353078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261097102178676559.post-31783803988450308622013-06-12T21:52:44.067-07:002013-06-12T21:52:44.067-07:00Posted at the request of Rohini-jI from twitter:
...Posted at the request of Rohini-jI from twitter:<br /><br />*Should be noted that in 1.14.33 3 kR^ipANa-s are not used to slaughter ashva. In the ashvamedha ashva is slaughtered by smothering. The shruti injunction is that no drop of ashva's blood should spilt. All killing by smothering is done by the shamitR^i. The 3 knifes are used by queens to dissect the horse with adhvaryu's help in very specific way. In ashvamedha the dog is the only animal slaughtered by axing (done by an avarNa guy.<br /><br />Dissection of horse is a technical process because organs have to be extracted whole and offered to different deva-s/devI-s along with recitation of particular yajuSh-s by the adhvaryu.<br /><br />Again in 1.14.37 it is not smoke from intestine. vapA means the fat-filled omentum: http://www.ucd.ie/vetanat/images/90.gif<br /><br />@surenc1974 vapA:omentum 1.14.37 clearly has vapAyA feminine instrumental of vapA: dhUma gandhaM vapAyA .astu: smoke being from vapA<br /><br />Burning mammalian vapA smells like ghee but somewhat stronger.<br /><br />Certain parts eaten as a bhajji-like dish: the pashu-puroDAsha<br /><br />For some details as per kANva shatapatha brAhmaNa and kAtyAyana: http://manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2004/11/21/the-sacrifice-of-the-horse-in-the-ashvamedha/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261097102178676559.post-61682226798439330582013-06-12T13:27:56.966-07:002013-06-12T13:27:56.966-07:00Posting on behalf of @kalkihprashar
Raam Raam,
...Posting on behalf of @kalkihprashar <br />Raam Raam, <br /><br />After the horse was released into a celestial body of light, then only the body remained which would be duly burned in fire.<br /><br />Each part of the body represents a grah or planet. So, as each part of the body is sacrificed then the planets become calmed.<br /><br />The horse is a celestial being trapped in a material form. As we all are. Though, charging the horse with energy releases it.<br /><br />The body is just dense matter buried underneath layers of illusion. Underneath we're all light beings. Yagya means to release.<br /><br />In line with the hunters kill philosophy from Manusmriti, the horse, charged with energy from the conquest, becomes released.<br /><br />This would indicate to the king performing the yagna, that his throne is secure and that an heir would arrive. It did work. :)<br /><br />Jai Ho. <br /><br />Sent from Kalki's iPhoneRohini Bakshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469456189900353078noreply@blogger.com