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similarly the āgnīdhra responds (pratyāśruta) with ‘astu svadhā’ instead of the usual ‘astu srauṣaṭ’ and instead of the syllable ‘vauṣaṭ’ uttered at the end the words ‘svadhā namaḥ’ are employed. Instead of the concluding offering usually made to Agni Sviṣṭakṛt, in this rite it is made to Agni Kavyavāhana. In this rite two anuvākyās and one yājyā are repeated at each offering i. e. Ṛg. X. 15. 1, IX. 96. 11 are the two anuvākyās and Ṛg. X. 15. 5 the yājyā for Somavat Pitṛs, Ṛg. I. 91. 1 and I. 91. 20 are the anuvākyās and VIII. 48. 13 the yājyā for Pitṛmat Soma, Ṛg. X. 15. 4 and X. 15. 3 the anuvākyās and Ṛg. X. 15. 2 the yājyā for Barhiṣad Pitṛs, Ṛg. X. 15. 11 and 13 the anuvākyās and X. 15. 14 the yājyā for Agniṣvātta Pitṛs, Ṛg. X. 14. 4–5 the anuvākyās and X. 14. 1 the yājyā for Yama, Ṛg. X. 15. 9 and IV. 11. 3 the anuvākyās and I. 96. 1 the yājyā for Agni Kavyavāhana (vide Āśv. II. 19. 22, 24). The adhvaryu or sacrificer sprinkles water from a water vessel thrice round the vedi from right to left. He offers water for washing the feet to the three ancestors (of the sacrificer) in the north-west, south-west and south-east corners of the vedi respectively. He mixes portions of the cake, the fried barley and the *mantha* and prepares three balls therefrom and offers them facing the south on the three corners referred to above for the three ancestors with the appropriate mantras (etat te tata²⁴⁶⁹ ye ca tvāmanu, etat te pitāmaha &c.). According to Āp. (VIII. 16.