Rasadhyaya 183

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tatastaṃ kaṭāhaṃ jalārdhapūrṇasthālikāmukhopari pradhvaraṃ muktvā sthālīkaṇṭhakaṭāhabundhakasaṃyogasthāne karpaṭamṛdaṃ dṛḍhaṃ dattvā kaṭāhamadhye chāṇakāni ghaṭīcatuṣkaṃ yāvaj jvālyante || 3

Then, having set that cauldron face-down upon the mouth of a pot half-filled with water, and having firmly applied a rag-and-clay lute at the joint between the neck of the pot and the cauldron-base, dung-cakes are burnt inside the cauldron for four ghaṭīs.