History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c38.35

v3.c38.35

In modern times the way in which balis are offered and their number are set out in the diagram below. The one drawn is for the morning baliharaṇa. For the evening one the only change necessary would be to put 'agnaye svāhā' (No. 1) in place of 'sūryāya svāhā' and 'naktam-cāribhyaḥ' for 'divā-cāribhyaḥ' in No. 27. The word 'svāhā' is not repeated in the diagram after each name¹⁷⁸³ for the sake of space. Manu III. 121 prescribes that bali is offered in the evening by the wife but without mantras (i. e. she is not to repeat the mantras) 'Indrāya svāhā' *&c.*, but only to contemplate on the several deities.