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IV PRAPATHAKA, I KÂNDIKÂ, 10.
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PRAPÂThaka IV, KÂNDIKÂ 1. 1. He throws the two spits into the fire;
2. That which consists of one (simple) branch, towards the east, the other one towards the west.
3. They cut off the Avadâna portions from all its limbs,
4. With the exception of the left thigh and the lungs.
5. The left thigh he should keep for the Anvashtakya ceremony.
6. On the same fire he cooks one mess of ricegrains and one of meat, stirring up the one and the other separately, from left to right, with two potladles.
7. After he has cooked them, he should pour (Âgya) on them, should take them from the fire towards the north, and should pour (Ågya) on them
again.
8. Having poured the juice (of the Avadanas) into a brazen vessel,
9. And having placed the Avadanas on a layer (of grass) on which branches of the Plaksha (tree) have been spread,
10. He cuts off (the prescribed portions) from the
1, 1. Comp. III, 10, 31.
3. Comp. Âsvalâyana-Grihya I, 11, 12; Khâdira-Gribya III, 4, 14 seq.
6. He cooks a mess of meat'-i.e. he cooks the Avadanas. Comp. Khâdira-Grihya, I. I. 17; Asv.-Grihya I, 11, 12.
10. See 1, 8, 5 seq.
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