[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Gobhilagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila) › 4.2.9 # Gobhilagrihyasutra 4.2.9 Gobhilagṛhyasūtra 4.2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2.9) paścād agner ulūkhalaṃ dṛm̐hayitvā sakṛtsaṃgṛhītaṃ vrīhimuṣṭim avahanti savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyām. > To the west of the fire he places a mortar so that it stands firmly, and husks, holding his left hand uppermost, one handful of rice-grains which he has seized with one grasp. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2.8) - [Next: 4.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2.10) - [Up: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila~en-oldenberg.4.2.9) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.2.9) · Pramāṇa