History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.17

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If the sacrificer is one who has already performed a soma sacrifice then he has to go through the ceremony called 'śākhāharaṇa'. Such a sacrificer had to offer *sānnāyya* (which is prepared by adding to fresh heated milk the sour milk or curds of the preceding night's milking ).²²⁸² According to the Tai. S. II. 5. 4. 1 sānnāyya was offered only by a somayājī. Sānnāyya was offered to Indra or Mahendra (Śat. Br. I. 6. 4. 21 and Kāt. IV. 2. 10). The Tai. S. II. 5. 4. 4 says that only one who is gataśrī (explained above in note 2259) can offer sānnāyya to Mahendra, while Śat. (I. 4 p. 103) says that for a year or two after soma-yāga the sānnāyya should be offered to Indra and then to Mahendra. In the full moon iṣṭi the deities to whom puroḍāśa (cake) is offered are Agni and Agniṣoma and in it ājya is offered to Prajāpati silently between the two puroḍāśas. In the new moon iṣṭi the deities of puroḍāśa are Agni and Indrāgni and sānnāyya is offered by a somayājī to Indra or Mahendra instead of the puroḍāśa to Indrāgni (Āśv. I. 3. 9-12).