History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.162.4

v3.c48.162.4

The adhvaryu spreads drops of ājya on the right hand of the hotṛ with the sruva in which are poured the remnants of the ājya in the iḍāpātra, then the adhvaryu takes a portion from the iḍāpātra and drops it on to the right hand and the hotṛ himself cuts a second portion from the middle of the iḍā with the space between his thumb and the fore-finger; then the adhvaryu sprinkles over the iḍā in the right hand of the hotṛ ājya as above.²³⁸³ The hotṛ grasps the two portions with the thumb of his right hand, draws in the fingers of the right hand, but (keeping the thumb outside) does not close them into a fist, takes into his right hand the iḍā placed in his left. He (the hotṛ) raises the iḍā on a level with his mouth or nose and invokes it.