Medhātithi
historical figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
Commentator cited for a counter-injunction on foods exempt from eclipse impurity
Medhātithi says:
> Sour gruel (*āranālaṃ* (आरनालं)), milk (*payas* (पयस्)), buttermilk (*takraṃ* (तक्रं)), inspissated milk (*kīlāṭaṃ* (कीलाटं)), ghee (*ghṛta* (घृत)), and roasted grain flour (*saktavaḥ* (सक्तवः)), / > and what is cooked in fat (*sneha* (स्नेह)) and oil (*tailaṃ* (तैलं)), are never defiled.
And that is not the *tarpaṇa* in the form of the *pitṛyajña* that is part of the five great sacrifices, as stated by Medhātithi, because since that is accomplished by concomitance on the day of the *śrāddha*, an injunction of its being after that is impossible.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Medhātithi, a Vedic sage protected by Mitra and Varuṇa.
You who protect Medhātithi and who protect Triśoka, O Mitra and Varuṇa, and the sage Uśanas;