Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.6.9

2.6.9

upasaṃgṛhya guruṃ samidho 'bhyādhāya pariśritasyottarataḥ kuśeṣu prāgagreṣu purastātsthitvā 'ṣṭānāmudakumbhānām \9\

(The student) after having embraced (the feet of) his teacher, and put the pieces of wood on the fire, places himself northwards of an enclosure, on eastward-pointed Kusa grass, to the east of eight vessels with water.