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SOTRAS XXIII-XXXI.
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SOTRA XXV. Likewise, the spoon (guha) as the vessel.
Commentary. Guha, the spoon, is so called because it is used for pouring out (guhoti, homa).
SOTRA XXVI. If the guhd has been elsewhere employed, let it be done with a ladle (sruva).
Commentary. The guhd is a sruk, a spoon, the sruva, a ladle.
SOTRA XXVII. The offering is made in the Åhavaniya fire.
SOTRA XXVIII. The sacrificial vessels are kept from the first laying of the fires (adhâna) for the whole life.
Commentary. All sacrificial vessels and instruments are to be kept, and most of them are burnt with the sacrificer at his death.
SOTRA XXIX. At every sacrifice these vessels are to be purified.
SOTRA XXX The rule for the sacrifice are the Mantras and Brâhmanas.
Sotra XXXI. The name Veda belongs both to the Mantras and Brahmanas.
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