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GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA.
26. He then should sprinkle them with water and should throw them into the fire.
27. Then, having put that Agya on the fire, he should take it from (the fire) towards the north.
28. This is the way to prepare the Âgya.
KÂNDIKÂ 8. 1. To the east (is placed) the Âgya, to the west the mess of cooked food.
2. Having sprinkled (water) round (the fire) and poured Agya on the mess of cooked food, he begins to sacrifice simply with the pot-ladle, picking out portions of the sacrificial food (without 'underspreading' and pouring Agya over the Havis).
3. If he intends, however, to sacrifice so as to 'underspread' (the Havis with Agya) and to pour (Âgya) over it, let him sacrifice first the two Âgya portions (in the following way):
4. He should take four portions of Agya-five portions (are taken) by the Bhrigus—and should sacrifice from west to east, on the northern side with (the formula), “To Agni Svâhâ !' on the southern side with (the words), ‘To Soma Svâhâ !'
5. He then cuts off (two or three Avadânas) from the Havis, having 'spread under' (Ågya).
6. (Two Avadânas) from the middle and from the east side, if he (belongs to the families who) make
8, 2. On the sprinkling of water round the fire, comp. above, chap. 3, 1 seq. On the technical meaning of upaghâtam, see Bloomfield's note on Grihya-samgraha Parisishta I, 111 (Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, XXXV, 568).
3 seq. Comp. Khâdira-Grihya II, 1, 17. 6. Khâdira-Grihya II, 1, 19 seq. The Upastarana (Satra 5) and
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |