History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s3.2

v3.c49.s3.2

Besides the five offerings common to all cāturmāsyas, the special offerings in this iṣṭi are a cake on twelve potsherds to Śunāsīrau (Vāyu and Āditya, according to com. on Kāt. V. 11. 5 and to Indra Śunāsīra, according to Āp. VIII. 20. 5 and com.), an oblation of fresh warm milk (not heated) direct from the cow to Vāyu, a cake on one potsherd to Sūrya. There is no uttaravedi in this rite, and no fire is produced by attrition. There are five prayājas, three anuyājas and one samiṣṭayajus, but according to Āp. VIII. 20. 6 there are nine prayājas and anuyājas. The dakṣiṇā for the rite is a plough with six bulls or two big bulls and for the cake to Sūrya a white horse or a white bull (Kāt. V. 11. 12–14), while according to Tai. S. I. 8. 7 it is a plough to which twelve oxen are yoked and according to Āp. (VIII. 20. 9–10) a plough with twelve or six oxen.