agnīṣomīyapaśu

agnīṣomīyapaśu Karmadh. m. (-śuḥ) One of the three prin-

cipal paśus or sacrificial animals in the Jyotiṣṭoma sacri-

fice. (See also savanīyapaśu and anubandhyapaśu.) It is a goat

or according to one school, a sheep, sacred to Agni and

Soma, the procedings with which take place on the day

called Aupavasathya or the fourth of the Agniṣṭoma (q. v.).

E. agnīṣomīya and paśu.

agnīṣomīya—paśu m. a victim, generally a sheep or goat, sacred to Agni and Soma