Ekastaka

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 15 Jul 2011 11:54 and updated at 15 Jul 2011 11:54

KRISHNA YAJURVEDA NOUN

yvk.3.3	On the Ekastaka the divider of the days, he should cook a cake of four Saravas in size, and early with it should fire the thicket; if [4] it burns, it becomes a good season, if it does not burn, a bad season.
yvk.4.3	h The Ekastaka, undergoing penance, Hath borne a child, the great Indra; Therewith the gods overpowered the Asuras; Slayer of Asuras he became in his might.
yvk.7.4	Those who are about to consecrate themselves for the year (rite) should consecrate themselves on the Ekastaka.
yvk.7.4	The Ekastaka is the wife of the year; on that night he dwells with her; verily they consecrate themselves grasping openly the year.
yvk.7.4	Those who consecrate themselves on the Ekastaka consecrate themselves in the troubled part of the year, for then are the two months called the end.
yvk.7.4	Those who consecrate themselves on the Ekastaka consecrate themselves on the torn part of the year, for them are the two seasons called the end.
yvk.7.4	Then the buying (of the Soma) falls for them on the Ekastaka; verily they do not waste the Ekastaka.

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