History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.16

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²²⁸¹ There is a great divergence of view as to the mantras, the order of the fires and the number of samidhs. Kāt. (II. 1. 3–4) prescribes the offering of two samidhs in each fire (one with a mantra and the other silently). The hymn Ṛg. X. 128 or Tai. S. IV. 3. 14 is called 'Vihavya'. In the Ṛg. it has nine verses, in the Tai. S. it has ten. Some held that three verses of this hymn should be repeated for each fire (Āp. I. 1. 5). The order of fires was, according to some, first gārhapatya, then dakṣiṇāgni, then āhavanīya (Kāt. II. 1. 6). Some said that only the *vyāhṛtis* were to be uttered when offering fuel-sticks (Āp. I. 1. 7, Kāt. II. 1. 6). Another view was that fuel-sticks were to be offered silently.