![]() In fact the numerous lines of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa clearly suggest that the Vājapeya ceremony is a simple magical performance to obtain food and drink. According to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, he who offers the Vājapeya wins food, since ‘ Vājapeya’ is the same as ‘ anna- peya’ (food and drink).Some important features of the Vājapeya sacrifice are as follows: It is the ceremony which partakes of both religious and royal character. The Rājasūya confers upon the sacrificer Rājya and that of Vājapeya confers the Sāmrājya. ![]() Unlike other somas acrifice, it has some striking features indicating political character. The Vājapeya is one of the principal ceremonies of royal inauguration which bestows upon the sacrificer a superior kind of monarchy known as Sāmrājya. The Vājapeya sacrifice is said to be designed on the procedure of another sacrifice known as Śoḍāṣin and it is a form of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice.
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