History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.164

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²³⁸² The word 'iḍā' is the appellation of a devatā and secondarily applies to sacrificial materials and also to a rite. 'इडा देवता तद्धर्ममवदानापीडा।' com. on Sat. II. 3, p. 207. Āp. III. 1. 1 employs iḍā and prāśitra in the sense of rites. The iḍāpātra is made of aśvattha wood, has a bowl four aṅgulas wide and is as long as the foot of the sacrificer and has a rod four aṅgulas long. According to Āp. III. 1. 7 and Baud. I. 18, the first portion of iḍā is cut off from the puroḍāśa to the south meant for Agni. Āp. III. 1. 6 says 'इडापात्र उपस्तीर्य सर्वेभ्यो हविर्भ्य इडां समवद्यति चतुरवत्तां पञ्चावत्तां वा.' The five avattas are effected by sprinkling ājya twice over the portions cut (vide com. on Āp. III. 2. 1). The story of the deluge, of Manu and of Iḍā as his daughter occurs in Śat. Br. I. 8. 1. In Śat. I. 8. 1. 7 and 8 we read 'तस्यै ह स्म घृतं पदे संतिष्ठते तया मित्रावरुणौ संजग्माते । तां होचतुः कासीति । मनोर्दुहितेति ।'