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ÂSVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
KANDIKA 3. 1. He should then put the following (sacrificial) implements (on the dead body).
2. Into the right hand the (spoon called) Guhů. 3. Into the left the (other spoon called) Upabhrit.
4. On his right side the (wooden sacrificial sword called) Sphya, on his left (side) the Agnihotrahavani (i. e. the ladle with which the Agnihotra oblations are sacrificed).
5. On his chest the (big sacrificial ladle called) Dhruvâ. On his head the dishes. On his teeth the pressing-stones.
6. On the two sides of his nose the two (smaller sacrificial ladles called) Sruvas.
7. Or, if there is only one (Sruva), breaking it in two pieces).
8. On his two ears the two Prâsitraharanas (i. e. the vessels into which the portion of the sacrificial food belonging to the Brahman is put).
9. Or, if there is only one (Prâsitraharana), breaking it (in two pieces).
10. On his belly the (vessel called) Pâtri,
II. And the cup into which the cut-off portions (of the sacrificial food) are put.
12. On his secret parts the (staff called) Samyâ. 13. On his thighs the two kindling woods.
3, 1. On the different implements mentioned in the following Satras, comp. Prof. Max Müller's paper in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vol. ix, pp. vii seqq.; lxxviii seqq.
8. On the Prâsitra and the Prâsitraharanas, comp. Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, pp. 119 (with note 6), 120, 131.
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