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Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v2.c14.s6
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Chapter VIII: The Offerings (Balikarma-vidhāna)
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Different kinds of offerings (*bali*) are prescribed for the various deities enumerated in the preceding chapter, who are supposed to preside over the different partitions of the Paramaśādhika or Maṇḍūka ground-plan. These offerings consist of milk in its various forms, butter, rice and sesame, parched grain (*lāja*), honey and sweetmeat (*modaka*, offered to Sugrīva), incense and lamps, flowers and fruit. Blood is offered to Asura, dried meat to Mṛiga, dried fish to Roga (Disease), and sea-fish to Bhṛiṅgarāja. The four demonesses, namely, Rākshasī, Pūtanā, Vidārī and Charagī, also receive their share, the first-mentioned evil spirit in the shape of meat of goats mixed with blood.
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In the bringing of these offerings the master-builder (*sthapati*) takes a leading part.