History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s1.25

v3.c47.s1.25

The fire brought for establishing²²⁵⁰ dakṣiṇa fire may be fetched from the house of a brāhmaṇa, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya or a śūdra who is extremely prosperous like an asura (if the sacrificer desires prosperity), but he should thereafter never eat at that man's house; or (according to Baud. Śr. II. 17) it may be brought from the gārhapatya fire or according to Āśv. from the house of a vaiśya or of any rich man or it may be produced by attrition.