अघा (aghA)
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Vedic Reference
EnglishAghā. — In the wedding hymn of the Rigveda^1 it is said that
cows are slain in the Aghās, and the wedding takes place at the
Arjunīs (dual). The Atharvaveda^2 has the ordinary Maghās
instead. It is impossible to resist the conclusion that the read-
ing of the Rigveda was deliberately altered because of the con-
nection of the slaughter of kine with sin (agha) — possibly, too,
with a further desire to emphasize the contrast with aghnyā,
a name for ‘cow.’ Moreover, in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa^3
occurs the formula ‘Svāhā to the Maghās, Svāhā to the
Anaghās.’ See also Nakṣatra.
1) x. 85, 13.
2) xiv. 1, 13.
3) iii. 1, 4, 8.
Cf. Weber, Naxatra, 2, 364
Pro-
ceedings of the Berlin Academy, 1894,
804
Jacobi, Festgruss an Roth, 69
Winternitz, Das altindische Hochzeits-
rituell, 32
Whitney, Translation of the
Atharvaveda, 742
Thibaut, Indian
Antiquary, 24, 95.
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