History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.56

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2568a According to com. on Kāt. VIII. 5. 25 the boards are of Varaṇa wood. They are so called because 'अधि उपरि अभिषूयते सोमो ययोस्ते अधिषवणफलके' com. on Kāt. VIII. 5. 25. The hide according to com. on Kāt. VIII. 5. 26 is of a bull and it relies on Ṛg. X. 94. 9 'अंशुं दुहन्तो अध्यासंते गवि' for support. According to Āp. XII. 2. 14 the stones are four, according to Kāt. VIII. 5. 28 they are five. The fifth stone, according to Āp. XII. 2. 15, is called upara, it is very broad and on it soma stalks are to be crushed and round it the four stones (called grāvan) are placed, the grāvans being one span long and big and so tapering as to allow easy beating of soma stalks.