History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.s1.183

v2.c24.s1.183

*Aghamarṣaṇa* (driving out sin) consists in taking water in the right hand formed in the shape of a cow's ear, holding it near one's nose, breathing out from the nose on the water (with the idea of driving away sin from oneself) to the accompaniment of the three verses 'ṛtam ca' (Ṛg. X. 190. 1-3) and then casting the water away to one's left on the ground.