@article{oai:minpaku.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004394,
 author = {永ノ尾, 信悟 and Einoo, Shingo},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {国立民族学博物館研究報告, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The two main sources of information on this ritual of Ancient
India are the grautasatras and the Brahmanas. The former
provides a detailed description of the sacrifice together with
rules for their performance, and the latter hands down the
interpretation of the ritual acts.
This paper gives one example of the ritual interpretation
of the Brahmana Literature, namely on the Caturmasya Sacrifice.
The Caturmasya, or Ancient Indian Seasonal Sacrifice, is a ritual
complex that consists of three sacrifices held three times a year,
at the beginning of spring (VaiSvadeva), in the rainy season
(Varunapraghasa) and in the autumn (Sakamedha).
As a fourth element the gunasiriya is mentioned from the
young Brahmana Literature onward. Interpretation by the
Brahmana literature is in two main dimensions. In the first
the Caturmasya itself, as a whole or each constituent sacrifice, is
explained mainly with help of mythical episodes. In the second
each ritual act which makes up the peculiarity of this Caturmasya
is explained in full detail. The first interpretation coincides
almost exactly with the second for the detailed ritual acts. The
meanings or the effects ascribed by the Brahmana interpreter to
this ritual complex are the aggregate of the wishes of the Ancient
Indian People, who by means of the Vaiivadeva wished to secure
the safe birth of progeny and cattle. The Varunapraghäsa
appeases the cruel god Varuna who reigns over social order
and moral conduct, so that he would not punish human beings
for their immorality and to ensure that social order would be
established. By performing the Sakamedha the institutor of
the sacrifice desires to repel his rival (bhratrvya). The ancestral
rite (pitryajfia), included in the Sakamedha, is done to satisfy
deceased ancestors. The Tryambaka rite is also done to appease
the dreadful god Rudra, who causes evil among the people with
no reason. The Sunasiriya sacrifice was later embedded into
this ritual complex to cover the leap year to complete a safe
annual cycle.},
 pages = {1001--1068},
 title = {ブラーフマナ文献の祭式解釈 : 古代インド季節祭 Cāturmāsya を例として},
 volume = {10},
 year = {1986},
 yomi = {エイノオ, シンゴ}
}