History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.4

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*Ṣoḍaśin*. In this sacrifice in addition to the fifteen stotras and fifteen śastras of the Ukthya there is an additional stotra and a corresponding śastra called Ṣoḍaśin in the tṛtīya savana (both the śastra and the sacrifice have the same name, as the com. on Āśv. VI. 2. 1 says). There is an additional cup in the morning or at all pressings according to some (Āp. XIV. 2. 4-5). It is made of khadira wood and is quadrangular in shape (Sat. IX. 7. p. 960). The stotra for the ṣoḍaśin cup is begun to be chanted about sunset after the adhvaryu hands over a piece of gold to the sāma singer (instead of kuśa grass, Āp. XIV. 3. 1). Soma is purchased for a cow that is of very small stature and has red-coloured ears. In this rite an additional victim viz. a ram is sacrificed for Indra. The fee is a reddish brown horse or a female mule. Vide Ait. Br. 16. 1-4, Āśv. VI. 2-3, Āp. XIV. 2. 3 ff, Sat. IX. 7. pp. 959-962, Haug's tr. of Ait. Br. p. 255-256n, S. B. E. vol. 41 pp. XVI-XVII for further details.