History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.275

v7.c89.275

From the Matsya-purāṇa it is clear¹²⁹⁴ that Puṣyasnāna was an item in Lakṣahoma, undertaken by the king to counteract the evil effects of planets. That Purāṇa has a chapter (267. verses 3-4) on Devatāsnāna¹²⁹⁵ where also provision is made for casting clay into the jar, clay being collected from the tusk of an elephant, from a horse (stable), public road, ant-hill, (clay) dug up by a boar (with its tusk), from the shed where sacred fire is kept, from a tīrtha (holy spot), cowpen and from the place where cows crowd.