History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s1.2.2

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10). There is a single utkara. The pratiprasthātṛ moves between the two vedis. On the previous day he makes ready pots full of *karambha* i. e. husked grains of barley slightly fried on the dakṣiṇa fire, ground and mixed with curds (Kāt. V. 3. 2). According to Āp. (VIII. 6. 3) it is the wife that makes these *karambhapātras*. These *pātras* exceed by one the number of the children (sons, unmarried daughters, grandsons and unmarried grand-daughters) of the house-holder (Kāt. V. 3. 3-5, Āp. VIII. 5. 41, who includes daughters-in-law) or they are at least three (if the house-holder is childless or has only a son or two). The figures of a ram and ewe are also made of the remaining part of the ground and fried barley used for the *karambhapātras*, the male being made by the adhvaryu and the female by the pratiprasthātṛ and each figure having the characteristic signs of sex. The figures of the ram and ewe are covered by the adhvaryu and pratiprasthātṛ respectively with a bunch of the wool of some animal other than the eḍakā (wild goat) or with the ground tips of kuśa (in the absence of wool). Besides the five offerings common to all cāturmāsyas (these being offered in the Varuṇapraghāsas with all attributes and subsidiaries as in Vaiśvadeva, according to Jai. VII. 1. 17-21), in this rite offerings are made to four more, viz. Indra and Agni, the Maruts, Varuṇa and Ka i. e. Prajāpati (Āśv. II. 17.