THE PRAVARGYA BRAHMANA OF THE TAITTIRIYA ARANYAKA

CONTENTS PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS Part I INTRODUCTION The Pravargya Ritual Short Description of the Rite Interpretation of the Pravargya 3.1. The Pravargya and the Sun 3.2. The Pravargya and Soma 3.3. The Pravargya and the Intermediate Initiation 3.4. The Pravargya Myth The Age of the Pravargya Ritual Taittiriya Aranyaka 5 and its relation to the Brahmana and Samhita Taittiriya Aranyaka 5 and its relation to other texts About the Text and Translation Part II TEXT AND TRANSLATION Anuvaka 1: The Pravargya as the head of the Sacrifice Anuvaka 2: Collection of the materials for the Pravargya Ritual Anuvaka 3: The preparation of the Pravargya vessel Anuvaka 4: Putting up and heating the Pravargya vessel Anuvaka 5: Praising the installed Pravargya vessel Anuvaka 6: Gazing at the heated Pravargya vessel Anuvaka 7: Milking the cow and the goat Anuvaka 8: The offering to the Asvins Anuvaka 9: The disposal of the Pravargya implements Anuvaka 10: Sukriya samans and yajus-formulas; places for disposal Anuvaka 11: The different names of the Pravargya Ritual Anuvaka 12: Metamorphoses of the Pravargya NOTES TO THE TEXT AND TRANSLATION Appendix 1: The Place of Sacrifice Appendix 2: Concordance of the three editions General index Index of textplaces