FROM THE CALICA PURAN. 375 



victim, whofe face is to be towards the north, or elfe 

 let the facrificer turn his own face to the north, 

 and the victim's to the eafi. Having immolated 

 the victim, let him without fail mix fait, &c. as be- 

 fore mentioned with the blood. 



The vefTel in which the blood is to be prefented, 

 is to be according to the circumftances of the offerer, 

 of gold, filver, copper, brafs, or leaves fewed toge- 

 ther, or of earth, or of tutenague, or of any of the 

 fpecies of wood ufed in facrifices. 



■ 

 Let it not be prefented in an iron vefTel, nor in one 



made of the hide of an animal, or the bark of a tree ; 



nor in a pewter, tin, or leaden. vefTel. Let not the 



blood be reprefented in the holy vefTei named frub and 



/ruck, nor on the ground. Let it not be prefented in 



the Ghaia (i. e. an earthen jar always uled in other 



religious ceremonies.) Let it not. be prefented by 



pouring it on the ground, or into any of the vefTels 



ufed at other times for offering food to the Deity. 



Let not the good man who wifhes for profperitv, 



offer the blood in any of thefe vefTels. Human blood 



muff, always be prefented in a metalic or earthen 



vefTel ; and never on any account in a vefTel made of 



leaves, or fimilar fubftance. 



The offering a horfe, except at the Afivamcdha fa- 

 crifice, is wrong, as alfo offering an elephant,- except 

 at the Gaja Medha ; let therefore the ruler of men 

 obferve never to offer them except on thofe occafions. 

 And on no account whatfoever let him offer them 

 to the Goddefs Devi, ufing the wild bull called 

 Chdnrara as a fubftitute for the horfe, when the oc- 

 cafion requires one. 



Let 



