Manava Dharmashastra 3.198

3.198

upaklṛpteṣu kalpiteṣu vinyasteṣu pṛthak pṛthak vibhāgena | naikamāsanaṃ dīrghadhautaphalakādi sarvebhyo dadyāt | parasparaṃ yathā na spṛśanti tathopaveśanīyā iti pṛthaggrahaṇam | barhiṣmatsu darbhaviṣṭarāstīrṇeṣu | upaspṛṣṭodakān snātān kṛtācamanavidhīṃśca | tān pūrvanimāntratānupaveśayet |

Seats with kuśa grass having been separately placed, he should seat the said Brāhmaṇas who have performed their ablutions.—(208)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Placed’—i.e., prepared and duly arranged.

‘Separately’—with proper partition. He shall not provide for all a single seat, in the form of a long piece of cloth or wooden plank. They shall be seated in such a manner that they should not touch one another. It is in this sense that ‘separately’ has been added.

‘With kuśa grass’— with bundles of Kuśa spread over them.

‘Who have performed their ablutions’—i.e., who have bathed and rinsed their mouth in the prescribed manner.

‘The said’—those previously invited—‘he should seat.’—(208)