History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.123

v3.c43.123

*Hiraṇyāśva:*—(Matsya 280). On the altar deer skin should be spread and sesame placed and a golden horse is to be made from gold of the same weight as in Kāmadhenu and the donor is to invoke the image of the horse (identified with the supreme God) and the image is to be donated to the guru. Hemādri (dānakhaṇḍa p. 278) adds that the horse figure is to have silver welded on in five places,²⁰⁴⁶ viz. the four feet and the mouth.