Svadhā
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
svadhā · svadhā-oblation
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The specific ritual formula/offering ('svadhā') by which oblations are dedicated to the ancestors, distinct from the svāhā formula used for the gods.
there, reunited with the fathers, rejoice together with Soma, rejoice together with the svadhā-oblations.
Both those whom the gods have magnified and those who have magnified the gods — those who rejoice in svāhā and those who rejoice in svadhā.
The churned drink I heap for you, the mix I heap for you, the rice-pottage, the flesh — may these be endowed with svadhā for you, full of sweetness, dripping with ghee.
Rigveda
The ritual call and offering formula by which the Fathers are fed and honoured.
O Sarasvatī, thou who hast ridden on the same chariot, O goddess, rejoicing with the Fathers by the svadhā-offerings — seated on this sacred grass, be gladdened;
O Agni, release him back again to the Fathers — he who, offered to thee, wanders with svadhā-offerings.
Those [Fathers] burned by Agni, those not burned by Agni, who rejoice in the midst of heaven with the svadhā oblation — with those, O self-ruling one, fashion this vital dispensation for the body according to [thy] will.