History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.97

v3.c51.97

Then begin the rites for the offering of the savanīya paśu, commencing from the tying of a triple girdle round the post (yūpa). According to Kāt. IX. 8. 1 the girdle (raśanā) that was used the previous day at the time of sacrificing the Agnīṣomīya animal is again used for the savanīya paśu, while according to Āp. XII. 18. 12 a new girdle is used. In the Agniṣṭoma the animal sacrificed on soma-pressing day is a goat for Agni. In the Ukthya sacrifice another goat (in addition) is sacrificed for Indra and Agni, in the Ṣoḍaśin sacrifice a third paśu (a ram according to Kāt. IX. 8. 4, a goat according to Āp. XII. 18. 13) is offered in addition and in the Atirātra a fourth one (a goat) to Sarasvatī in addition. Kāt. (IX. 8. 5-6) allows optionally a ewe. These four animals that are offered are called stomāyana (Kāt. IX. 8. 7) and kratupaśus (Āśv. V. 3. 4). Then the procedure of Nirūḍhapaśubandha described above is followed up to the offering of the vapā (omentum) and subsequent mārjana (purification with water). Then all the priests and the sacrificer enter the sadas and occupy places to the east of the audumbarī post and to the west of their several seats (dhiṣṇyās)²⁵⁹⁵ and other places after looking (with mantras for each) at the several cups, the three troughs (ādhavanīya, pūtabhṛt and droṇa-kalaśa), the clarified butter and vessels and the sacrificer pays homage to all these (with mantras set out in Āp. XII. 19. 5 ff).