History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-II)
The 'Ratnahavimshi' (ceremony of the jewel offering) was associated with which of the following Vedic sacrifices in ancient India?
ARajasuya ✓ Correct
BAshvamedha
CVajapeya
DDevayajna
Correct answer: (A) Rajasuya — It was associated with the Rajasuya, so the answer is the Rajasuya.
Explanation
★It was associated with the Rajasuya, so the answer is the Rajasuya.
★The Ratnahavimshi, the ceremony of the jewel offerings, was associated with the Rajasuya yajna.
★It involved the Rajan going on successive days to the homes of certain people, the Ratnins, and offering oblations to certain gods.
★The Ratnins included the Purohita, Rajanya, Mahishi, Parivrikti, Senani, Suta and Gramani.
★The ceremony indicates the importance of these office-holders.
★So the Ratnahavimshi was associated with the Rajasuya.
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