History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.549

v5.c71.s1.549

*BṚHAD-YĀVAKA*—The Pr. Pr. (folio 49 a) quoting Brahmapurāṇa describes it as follows:—One should feed cows on plenty of yavas anointed with clarified butter Then he should mix water with the dung of those cows and take out the grains of barley which are voided by thein after eating them He should then dry them in the sun, should grind them on a clean stone and cook them mixed with sesame and anointed with ghee in cow's urine on a fire brought on an altar He should place the boiled holy grains in a vessel of gold or in a cup made of *palāśa* leaves and present them to the gods and manes and he may eat them. He should carry this on for twelve, twenty-four or thirty-six years for the removal of all sins. This is prescribed as a penance for killing one’s *guru*, brother, friend' or a near relative &c.