History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.52

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²⁵²¹ The whole animal is the sacrificial material (just as rice-grains are the material from which caru is prepared for offering) and *havis* is constituted by the heart and other organs of the animal. Vide com. on Kāt. VI. 8. 6 and Jai. X. 7. 1-2. The several organs and parts are taken out of the ukhā and spread over a large bamboo vessel (vaṁśa-pātrī), the last part being placed in the north. The adhvaryu performs on each of the eleven limbs (called jauhava) *prāṇadāna* (*vivification*) while no prāṇadāna is done for the portions to be offered to Sviṣṭakṛt. According to Āp. VII. 24. 5 only one portion is cut from the limbs meant for Sviṣṭakṛt. Several rules are laid down in Āp. VII. 24. 6-12 about the cutting of some parts. Out of the three parts of the entrails, one of medium thickness is cut in two and placed among the daivata portions, the thinnest part being for sviṣṭakṛt; the medas is cut in three parts, two being put in the two srucs and the third in the iḍāpātra. The medas is mixed in the broth of the victim's limbs. The iḍā is made from the first six out of the limbs (heart &c.) and the vaniṣṭhu is the 7th. The iḍā is increased by the addition of the limbs that have no bones viz. kloman, spleen and purītat.