History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s1.24

v3.c47.s1.24

The Āgnīdhra priest then brings domestic fire or produces fire by attrition, sits down with his knees raised up, and establishes the dakṣiṇāgni, while the Yajñāyajñīya sāman is being chanted and follows the procedure of repeating formulæ according to the gotra (as above) and repeats the 2nd vyāhṛti (bhuvaḥ), the three Sarparājñī formulæ and the 2nd Gharma-śiras (viz. the verse 'vātaḥ ......... paca'). After repeating several other formulæ (as in Āp. Śr. V. 13. 8) he sets down dakṣiṇa fire on the *sambhāras*.