Aitareyabrahmana 7.1.p2

7.1.p2

vii. 1 (xxxi. 1). Now regarding the division of the sacrificial animal; we shall declare the division. The two jaws along with the tongue belong to Prastotṛ; the breast in eagle shape to the Udgātṛ, the palatal part of the throat to the Pratihartṛ, the right loin to the Hotṛ, the left to the Brahman, the right thigh to the Maitrāvaruṇa, the left to the Brāhmaṇācchaṅsin, the right side with the shoulder to the Adhvaryu, the left to the Upagātṛs, the left shoulder to the Pratipasthātṛ, the right lower foreleg to the Neṣṭṛ, the left to the Potṛ, the right foreleg to the Achāvāka, the left to the Agnīdh, the right upper foreleg to the Ātreya, the left to the Sadasya, the seat and spine to the householder, the two right feet to the man who gives the fast milk to the householder, the two left feet to him who gives the fast milk to the wife of the householder, the lip is common to the two; this the householder should leave over. They take the tail to the wives, but they should give it to a Brahman. The fleshy growth on the neck and three ribs belong to the Grāvastut; three ribs and half the flesh to the Unnetṛ, the other half of the flesh and the lungs to the slaughterer; it he should give to a Brahman, if he is not a Brahman. The head belongs to the Subrahmaṇyā priest, the skin to him who declares the pressing on the next day; the sacrificial food to all or to the Hotṛ. These thirty-six each