History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.86.6

v3.c48.86.6

The adhvaryu throws the sphya in such a way that it falls on the utkara with 'thou art produced from a tree, thou hast a hundred points, thou art the death of the enemy.' Then seizing the sphya with his fist by the bulging part thereof he draws it towards the east from the utkara. He washes his hands on the utkara and also the sphya with water but does not touch with his bare hand the point of the sphya (i. e. he cleans the other parts of the sphya with his hand by pouring the water thereon and cleans the point by only pouring water thereon). To the north of the āhavanīya he places with both hands the *idhma* and *barhis*, the latter to the north of the former. The sphya is placed near the praṇītā waters to their west (Kāt. II. 6. 43).