History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.66

v3.c51.66

²⁵⁷⁶ Among the several pātras the following deserve notice: द्रोणकलस (a vessel like a droṇa or trough in shape) with the दशापवित्र, kept below the southern havirdhāna cart to the west of the axle, the ādhavanīya trough (for cleansing soma) of clay placed on the box of the northern havirdhāna cart, the pūtabhṛt (that has a wide mouth) trough of clay at the mouth of the yoke of the same cart, three (or more) ekadhana jars (that hold water to be poured over soma in extracting the juice). The droṇakalaśa is square or round and the other two are earthen and like kumbhas. The daśāpavitra is a strainer made of the wool of a living ram, which wool must be white. It is to be about an aratni in length (vide com. on Kāt. IX. 2. 16). Vide Haug's tr. of Ait. Br. note on pp. 488-490 for the vessels and the method of extracting soma juice.