The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c36.s3.3

v2.c36.s3.3

¹ Other distinctions in offerings to the dead are the use of sesame in place of barley, of folded grass instead of straight stalks for the strew, of black not red victims, the use of old worn-out things, and the turning south with hairy side downwards, not east with hair upwards, of skins, doubtless to attract the spirits to take up their place therein.