Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Svaha

Taken from (http://www.uramamurthy.com/u_intro3.html)

In every homa the expression svAha is used which implies the renunciation of the ego, svatva-hanana. [ yAska explains it thus: su AhA iti vA, svA vAg Aheti vA, svam prAheti vA, svAhutaM havir juhoti iti vA. Nirukta VIII. 21.]

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