Ashvalayanagrihyasutra 4.6-3

4.6-3

tam catuṣpathe nyupya yatra vā triḥ prasavyam pariyanti savyaiḥ pāṇibhiḥ savyān ūrūn āghnānāḥ./

Having thrown that (fire) down at a place where four roads meet or somewhere else, they walk round it three times, turning their left sides towards it, beating their left thighs with their left hands.