Manava Dharmashastra 3.246

3.246

darbhāḥ prasiddhāḥ | pavitraṃ mantrāḥ | haviṣe hitāni yogyāni haviṣyāṇyuttaraśloke tāni vakṣyante | pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ śucyācāratā | yacca pūrvoktam | vāstusaṃpādanaṃ sṛṣṭimṛṣṭānnaṃ brāhmaṇāśca śreṣṭhāḥ śrutaśīlasaṃpannāḥ | havyasaṃpadaḥ | havyaṃ devatoddeśena yāgādi brāhmaṇabhojanaṃ ca | havyaśabdaḥ karma daivikamupalakṣayati |

‘Essentials of a sacrifice’—‘Sacrifice’ consists in the act of offering to the gods and of feeding Brāhmaṇas in honour of the gods; the term ‘havya,’ ‘sacrifice,’ standing for what is done in honour of the gods.—(256)