History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.96

v3.c51.96

While the Bahiṣpavamāna is being chanted the unnetṛ priest pours the soma juice contained in the ādhavanīya vessel on to the pūtabhṛt trough over which the woollen strainer is stretched with its hem to the north. When the chant is finished the adhvaryu issues directions (praiṣa) to the āgnīdhra priest to kindle fires (on the dhiṣṇyas), to strew kuśa grass (on the vedi) and to deck the puroḍāśas and to the pratiprasthātṛ to come with the *savanīya* (to be sacrificed on the pressing day) paśu (animal). The āgnīdhra brings burning coals from the āgnīdhrīya fire and kindles fires on the dust (or sand) of the several dhiṣṇyas beginning with that of the hotṛ (in the order in which the seats were arranged and with the same mantras). The āgnīdhra spreads kuśas beginning from the gārhapatya up to the āhavanīya, along the pṛṣṭhyā line and decks the puroḍāśas. He offers soma into the āhavanīya, āgnīdhrīya and mārjālīya fires and ājya in others. The adhvaryu, whom the sacrificer touches, fills the Āśvina cup (*graha*) from the droṇakalaśa with the pariplavā (a small spoon resembling a sruc without its rod, Āp. XII. 2. 7) and the other cups that are not dhārāgrahas are also filled in the same way.