Rasendracudamani 14.192

14.192

prakṣālya rajanītoyaiḥ śītalaiśca jalairapi /
upoṣitaṃ mayūraṃ vā śūraṃ vā caraṇāyudham //

washing them with turmeric water and with cold water, / one should feed them in turn to a starved peacock or a spirited rooster;