History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.153.3

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a cake on twelve potsherds to Dhātṛ and four oblations of rice cooked in milk in the four sthālīs mentioned above (in which soma had been placed) to Anumati, Rākā, Sinīvālī and Kuhū (Aśv. VI. 14. 15, Āp. XIII. 24. 1-3). The yajamāna shaves his hair and moustache near the southern side of the vedi (Āp. XIII. 23. 16). The āhavanīya fire is taken to the north outside the mahāvedi in an earthen-ware vessel and the kuśas strewn on the vedi are burnt thereon and the smoke issuing therefrom is invoked with a mantra (Sat. IX. 6. p. 954), the adhvaryu offers on the fire (of the kuśas) ground barley from his joined hands (Āp. XIII. 24. 16-17). The fires are then deposited in the araṇis by repeating 'ayam te yoniḥ' (Ṛg. III. 29. 10, Tai. S. I. 5. 2, Vāj. S. III. 14) as stated in Āśv. III. 10. 5. Having given up the sacrificial ground he again produces fire by attrition to the north of the sacrificial ground and the udavasānīyā iṣṭi is performed.²⁶³² In this iṣṭi a cake baked on eight or five potsherds is offered to Agni (Āp. XIII. 25. 5, Sat. IX. 6. p. 956). In this iṣṭi (Āśv. VI. 14. 24) everything is done as in the punarādheya, but the mantras are muttered inaudibly in all cases except the last anuyāja. A bull is the fee or as much gold as will purchase a bull. Instead of this iṣṭi an offering of ājya was made by some (Āp. XIII. 25. 7-8) from the juhū in which twelve ladlings were made with sruva with 'idam viṣṇur' (Ṛg. I. 22. 17).