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[Full title: A Brief note on the sacrifices of the 艢atapatha Br膩hma峁嘺 (11): 础艣惫补尘别诲丑补]

The 础艣惫补尘别诲丑补 which is actually a soma sacrifice is performed by a consecrated king, who is assisted by his four wives, the 惭补丑颈蝉墨 (the senior queen), the 痴腻惫腻迟补 (the favourite), the 笔补谤颈惫峁沰迟腻 (neglected wife) and the 笔腻濒腻驳补濒颈 (who is inferior to the other three queens in social rank). The 惭补丑颈蝉墨 is addressed by the 叠谤腻丑尘颈峁�, the 痴腻惫腻迟补 by the 鲍诲驳腻迟峁�, the 笔补谤颈惫峁沰迟腻 by the 贬辞迟峁�, and the 笔腻濒腻驳补濒颈 by the 碍峁�a迟迟峁�. These four queens are served by hundred daughters each of the 谤腻箩腻蝉, the 谤腻箩补测补蝉, the 蝉奴迟补蝉 and the 驳谤腻尘补苍墨蝉, and the 蝉补尘驳谤补丑颈迟峁泂 respectively. The main object of this sacrifice was to attain political supremacy. But this ceremony was also undertaken to achieve wealth, strength, male progeny and freedom from sins and so on. This ceremony aims at the attainment of paramount sovereignty. In this ceremony a horse was let loose (who is protected by 400 soldiers) to roam over the whole country from place to place. The king or the sacrificer does not accompany the horse but stays his capital near the sacrificial campus for performing certain ritual till the return of the horse. If anyone seizes the horse it means that he stands in the way of the sacrificer鈥檚 attaining paramount sovereignty. Therefore it is the duty of the soldiers to protect the horse from all dangers and calamities and to bring it back unscathed to the sacrificer.

After the return of the horse, the main sacrifice takes place. The 础艣惫补尘别诲丑补 sacrifice terminates in the concluding ablution known as the Jumbaka offering at the time of the 补惫补产丑峁泃丑补 (or the final bathing at the end).