History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.49.5

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to the brahmā priest he says 'shall I start' and also directs the āgnīdhra to place a *samidh* on the fire. The āgnīdhra brings red-hot coals from the śāmitra fire, and puts them down on the northern corner of the west side of the altar after removing the *kuśas* strewn thereon (in soma the coals may be optionally brought from the āgnīdhrīya fire-place and placed on hotṛ dhiṣṇya). The third and thickest part of the entrails (that has been kept aside) is cut obliquely into eleven parts, which are offered into the red-hot coals placed as above by the pratiprasthātṛ with his right hand, each with a mantra (for eleven mantras vide Vāj. S. VI. 21, Tai. S. I. 3. 11. 1), when the cry vauṣaṭ is uttered for each of the eleven anuyājas²⁵²³ that are offered with pṛṣadājya here (Āp. VII. 26. 12). These eleven offerings of the entrails are called upayājas (additional offerings), vide Jai. XII. 4. 8. At the end of the 11th offering, the pratiprasthātṛ touches his mouth and the portion sticking to his hand is wiped on the *barhis* with the words 'adbhyastvauṣadhībhyaḥ' (Tai. S. I. 3. 11). At the end of the anuyājas, the svaru is placed in the juhū ladle and offered into fire with 'may thy smoke reach the sky, may thy flame reach heaven, fill the earth with thy ashes, svāhā!' (Vāj. S. VI. 21, Āp. VII. 27. 4). Āp. (VII. 27. 6-7) and others say the direction (praiṣa) for repeating the sūktavāka is uttered by the maitrāvaruṇa²⁵²⁴ (and not by the adhvaryu).