[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c50.29 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.29 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.29 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c50.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.29) ²⁵⁰⁰ The fire on which the flesh of the victim is roasted is called Śāmitra. The burning fire-brand, after it is carried round the victim, is placed by the adhvaryu (who takes it from the āgnīdhra's hand) on a spot to the north of the cātvāla and that becomes the śāmitra fire. अभिपर्यग्निकृते देश उल्मुकं निदधाति । स शामित्रः। आप. VII. 16. 2–3. According to some the śāmitra fire is specially produced by attrition (vide Kāt. VI. 5. 14). - [Previous: v3.c50.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.28) - [Next: v3.c50.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.30) - [Up: v3.c50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50) ## Cites (2) - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba-school.apastamba.7.16.2) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana-school.katyayana.6.5.14) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.29) · Pramāṇa