History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s1.2.7

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26) says that the adhvaryu or pratiprasthātṛ may offer the oblation of karambha pots and the sacrificer and his wife may only touch his hand from behind. When the pratiprasthātṛ leads back the wife to her seat near the gārhapatya fire (by the same way that she came) he makes her repeat the verse 'akran karma' (Vāj. S. III. 47, Tai. S. I. 8. 3. 1). Then the adhvaryu offers the five offerings common to all cāturmāsyas (stated above) and the cake to Indra and Agni on twelve potsherds and then sits silent. Then the pratiprasthātṛ cuts off a portion of the āmikṣā for Maruts together with the whole of the figure of the ewe (this is the first avadāna) and offers it into fire. He mixes the second portion of the payasyā for Maruts with the leaves of śamī and fruits of karīra and offers it. Then the adhvaryu offers two portions from the āmikṣā meant for Varuṇa mixing the figure of the ram in the first or second avadāna for Varuṇa. According to Āp. (VIII. 6. 31) the adhvaryu offers the first portion of the payasyā along with the figure of the ram and the second portion of payasyā having in it the fruit of karīra and the leaves of śamī. Then the adhvaryu offers the cake to Ka silently. Then both adhvaryu and pratiprasthātṛ make an offering to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt. The fee (dakṣiṇā) is either a cow with its calf or a horse or six or twelve bulls.²⁴⁶¹