History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.134

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The evening pressing commences with the taking of the Āditya cup (a cup the deity of which is Aditi). In the third pressing the Vedic texts are to be uttered in the highest tone (Āśv. V. 17. 1). The procedure in this pressing resembles that of the mid-day pressing (Sat. V. 3. p. 915). The adhvaryu, the sacrificer, the pratiprasthātṛ, āgnīdhra and unnetṛ enter the havirdhāna shed by the eastern door and the wife enters by the western door (Kāt. X. 3. 2–3). The doors of the havirdhāna shed are shut when there are many persons sitting inside the vedi (Āp. XIII. 9. 2, Sat. IX. 3. p. 915). The adhvaryu takes into the Āditya cup a part of the remnants of the soma from the cups for the joint deities. In the middle or western part of the āditya cup he adds curds and then again takes the whole of the remnants of the soma from the cups for the joint deities (that has been poured in the ādityasthālī). He stirs the contents of the cup with the *upāṁśusavana* stone used in crushing the soma stalks and mixes them well together. He then takes out the stone and places it among the stones used for crushing soma stalks. The āditya cup is not placed down, but is covered with darbhas or with the right hand of the adhvaryu, who comes out after the doors of the havirdhāna are opened, takes it to the uttaravedi, stirs the contents with darbhas in such a way that a few drops fall down out of the cup. After the usual praiṣa and the other procedure the adhvaryu throws the darbhas on the āhavanīya and offers the contents of the āditya cup into fire. At the time of offering the contents and also immediately after doing so he does not look at the offering but looks elsewhere (Āśv. V. 17. 3). He does not partake of the remnants of soma in the āditya cup but keeps it with the remnants of soma therein among the several vessels. He puts on the ṛjīṣa (the dregs of soma stalks) that is left after the two pressings the stalks (aṁśu) that are in the adābhya vessel and the upāṁśupātra and silently extracts soma juice therefrom. In the āgnīdhra shed the sacrificer's wife prepares by churning ‘āśir’ (milk mixed with soma) and enters the havirdhāna shed by the western door. The yajamāna enters by the eastern door, spreads on the mouth of the pūtabhṛt trough the strainer and pours thereon along with his wife the āśir with four mantras (Tai. S. III. 2. 8. 4–5). He fills the āgrayaṇa cup from four streams (the fourth being from the remnants of soma in the ādityapātra), while in the mid-day pressing there are only three streams (Sat. IX. 3. p. 918, Āp. XIII. 10. 11). In this pressing no turban is given to the grāvastut priest. Then the Vipruḍ-ḍhoma is performed. The Ārbhava²⁶¹⁸ pavamāna is then chanted on the lines of the Mādhyandina pavamāna.