History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.70.2

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232 *n.* 2).²⁵⁸¹ Then the water in the maitrāvaruṇa camasa and the vasatīvarī waters are mixed up together. And placing the vasatīvarī water in the hotṛcamasa the adhvaryu hands the camasa to the sacrificer, which water is thence-forward called nigrābhya (Āp. XII. 9. 1). Then the adhvaryu makes an offering of curds from a cup (called dadhigraha, Āp. XII. 7. 5-7). He also takes a few soma stalks from the heap of soma, places them on the upara (vide note 2582) and pours some vasatīvarī water over them, beats the stalks with the stone, extracts soma juice, fills a cup with it and offers it (this is called somagraha, Āp. XII. 7. 10-12). Āp. XII. 9 and Kāt. IX. 4 describe how soma is extracted to fill the Upāṁśugraha by using the Nigrābhya water, a portion of it is offered in the southern part of fire (the tyāga is 'idaṁ sūryāya') and a portion is kept in the Āgrayaṇasthālī and a large coil of soma stalks is placed in the Upāṁśūgraha for use in the evening pressing. Vide Haug's tr. of Ait. Br. p. 489 and S. B. E. vol. 26 pp. 244-245 n. 2 for the method of the pressing of soma for upāṁśu-graha (they slightly differ). Then comes the mahābhiṣava (the great or principal pressing of soma). The adhvaryu goes near the ādhavanīya trough and pours into it all the water that is in the maitrāvaruṇa camasa and a third part of the vasatīvarī water also is poured in that trough and also of the ekadhanā water. The rest of both kinds of waters is kept in the place of the ekadhanā water (viz.