History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.159.3

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Five jars should be placed, four in the four intermediate quarters (south-east &c.) and the fifth in the middle of the platform and numerous things such as twigs and leaves of some plants, jewels, sandalwood, mustard grains, *śamī* and *dūrvā*, *kuśas* and grains of rice should be collected thereon; Vedic mantras such as 'āśuh śiśāno' (Ṛg. X 103. 1) on north-west, 'īśā vāsya' (Vāj S. 40.1) on north-east, were to be recited over the jars, worship is to be offered with *gandha*, flowers, lamps, fruits like cocoanut to the jars and fire should be placed in the *kuṇḍa* with 'agnim dūtam' (Ṛg I. 12 1), seat (*āsana*) should be offerred with the mantra 'hiraṇya-garbhaḥ' (Ṛg X. 121. 1), then *pāyasa* should be cooked to the accompaniment of Puruṣasūkta (Ṛg X. 90), eighteen fuel sticks of śamī and seven palāśa ones should be cast into Agni, seven *āhutis* of clarified ghee and seven of rice boiled in milk should be offered to Agni with a mantra 'Jātavedase' (Ṛg I. 99 1), four more with the hymn 'tarat sa mandī' (Ṛg. IX. 58), seven with 'yamāya' (Ṛg. X. 14 13) and again seven with 'idam Viṣṇur' (Ṛg. I. 22. 17) and 27 āhutis to the 27 nakṣatras, then performance of 'sviṣṭakṛt' homa, grahahoma with sesame covered with ghee, then prāyaścitta; thus ends the homa;