History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c38.28

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In bhūtayajña, bali is to be¹⁷⁷⁸ offered not into fire but on the ground, which is to be wiped with the hand and sprinkled with water, and then the bali is to be put down and water is poured on it thereafter. *Vide* Āp. Dh. S. II. 2. 3. 15. The Āp. Dh. S. (II. 4. 9. 5-6) prescribes that one should make all including dogs and cāṇḍālas participators in the food cooked for vaiśvadeva and adds the view of some (which he disapproves) that one should not give food to the undeserving.¹⁷⁷⁹ Manu III. 87-93 says that after performing vaiśvadeva one should offer balis in all directions to Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Soma and their followers, a bali to Maruts on the door, to waters a bali in water, a bali to the trees in mortar and pestle, a bali to Śrī on the top of the house, to Bhadrakālī at the foot of the house, to Brahmā and Vāstoṣpati in the midst of the house; a bali may be thrown up in the sky to Viśve Devas, to the day-walking beings (when baliharaṇa is done by day) and to night-walking beings (by night); a bali should be offered to the prosperity of all on the first floor¹⁷⁸⁰ and all the remaining portion of the food for balis should be offered to the manes towards the south; the householder should lightly (so that no dust will get mixed with it) offer on the ground some food to dogs, to outcasts, to cāṇḍālas, to those suffering from loathsome diseases (such as leprosy), to crows and insects. Yāj. I. 103 calls upon the householder to throw food to dogs, cāṇḍālas and crows on the ground.¹⁷⁸¹