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GRIHYA-SUTRA OF GOBHILA.
in which the oblation is to be prepared), he should pour the grain (into it).
7. He should cook the mess of sacrificial food so that it is well cooked, stirring it up (with the potladle) from left to right.
8. When it has been cooked, he should sprinkle (Agya) on it, should take it from the fire towards the north, and should again sprinkle (Âgya) on it.
9. Having put wood on the fire, he should strew Kusa grass round it on all sides, to the east, to the south, to the north, to the west
10. On all sides in three layers or in five layersII. Thick, so that always an uneven number (of blades) are put together.
12. (He should strew) eastward-pointed grass, covering the roots with the points.
13. Or he should strew it to the west (of the fire), and should draw (some of the grass which he has strewn) from the south end and (some) from the north end, in an easterly direction.
14. He should (arrange the grass so as to) lay the points of the southern blades uppermost.
15. This rule for strewing (grass) round (the fire is valid) for all (ceremonies) at which oblations are made.
16. Some lay also branches of Sami wood or of Parna wood round (the fire).
10. Khâdira-Grihya I, 2, 10.
II. This seems to me the most probable translation of ayugmasamhatam, on which expression Dr. Knauer's note on pp. viii seq. of his Introduction should be compared. Comp. Hillebrandt, pp. 64 seq.
13-14. This is the same way of strewing the grass which is described in the Mânava-Grihya I, 10, 4. 5; Khâdira-Grihya I, 2, 9. 16. Comp. Grihya-samgraha I, 85. 97.
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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 |