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.
On one flank with a discus, and on the other flank with a trident.
17 || > > To the blacksmith is to be given a fee as desired by his mind.
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.