apija

vinities in the Vājasaneyi-Sanhitā: ¹ of Prajāpati, when in-

voked at the third Sruvāhuti or ladle-oblation in the Vā-

japeya sacrifice, (explained then by Mahīdhara as meaning

‘born again and again’); ² of the month Jyeṣṭha (May--

June), when invoked at the Nāmagrahahoma, which forms

part of the agnicayana q. v., (according to Mahīdhara meaning

then liter. ‘born in the water’, on account of the water-

sports which take place in that month); ³ of one of the

annādhīśa q. v. in the annahoma q. v. (meaning perhaps then

the same as 1.). E. ¹ jan with api, kṛt aff. ḍa; ² api, lo-

cat. of ap, and ja.