Blacksmith
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
blacksmith · the blacksmith
in the texts
San Hyan Tattvajnana
An unnamed craftsman used in an extended simile: works raw iron into different blades using various tools, illustrating the Lord's use of instruments in creation without being altered by them.
There is an illustrative simile, like that of a blacksmith.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The craftsman who brands the consecrated bull with sacred marks in the vṛṣotsarga rite.
Then, in the midst of the cows, having spread sacred grass around a well-kindled fire, having cooked a *pauṣṇa* (पौष्ण) *caru* (sacrificial porridge) with milk, and having offered it with the verses "May Pūṣan follow the cows" and "May there be delight for us here," the blacksmith shall brand the bull.
17 || > > To the blacksmith is to be given a fee as desired by his mind.
On one flank with a discus, and on the other flank with a trident.