Essay name: Devala-smriti (critical study)
Author:
Mukund Lalji Wadekar
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This essay represents an English study of the Devala-smriti鈥攁n ancient text attributed to sage Devala classified as belonging to the Dharma-Shastra branch of Indian literature which encompasses jurisprudence and religious law. This study deals with the reconstructed text of the Devala-smriti based on surviving references, emphasizing Devala鈥檚 unique viewpoints on social, religious, and philosophical aspects, particularly the Sankhya and Yoga philosophies.
Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti
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) INGREDIANTS (1871-1874):
The five deities, namely varuna, agni, soma, vayu & surya
reside respectively in the five ingrediants namely
cows urine,
d霉ng, milk, curds & ghee. These ingradiants should be taken
of cows of different colours. The urine, dung, milk, curd &
ghee, should be used of cows of red, white, yellow, blue, &
black colours respectively. The colours of cows, whose above
ingrediants are to be used, are differently mentioned in the
Parasarasmrti (11.28-29) 12. They should be of cows of black, white,
dark red (tamra), red (rakta), brown (kapila) respectively or all
the ingrediants may be taken of kapila cow.
The quantity of each ingrediants of pa帽cagavya, is also
mentioned differently in the smrtis. The cow's urine, dung &
kusa-water of six Matras (a standard measure), ghee & milk of
three matra's, the curd of ten Matr膩s this is the proportion
of each ingrediant, according to Devala. (1874). While Paras ara
(11.29 & 30) states that the cow's urine of one pala, curd of
three palas, ghee of one pala, cow-dung of half of the thumb,
the milk of 7 palas & kusa-water of one pala should be taken
14 Par膩s ara 13
for it. Atri (296) maintains that cow's urine, ghee, milk
& curds should be two, four, eight and eight times more than
the proportion of cow-dung in the pa帽cagavya.
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