History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s1.31

v3.c47.s1.31

The sabhya and āvasathya fires are established with domestic fire or fire produced by attrition or with fire taken from the āhavanīya, according to the mode of establishment dependent on the gotra as stated above. He puts on each fire three samidhs of the aśvattha tree with three verses (Ṛg. IX. 66. 19, 21, 20) and three samidhs of śamī smeared with ghee after repeating certain mantras (Ṛg. IV. 58. 1-3). Or these samidhs may be offered in the āhavanīya (if sabhya and āvasathya are not kept up).