The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t3.8

c8.t3.8

The *gārhapatya* is the householder's fire received from his father and transmitted to his descendants. It is a perpetual sacred fire from which other sacrificial fires are lighted. This fire is used by the priests for cooking oblations.a The *āhavanīya* is a consecrated fire taken from the householder's perpetual fire and is also used for cooking oblations. The *dakṣiṇāgni*, also called by the name of *anvāhārya-pacana*, is used for cooking food. Eggeling says that, at the new-and full-moon sacrifice, the *anvāhārya* mess of rice, the priest's *dakṣiṇā*, is cooked at this fire. The *utkara* placed near the north-east side of the sacrificial hall is a rubbish pit dug out in the ground.