-dry ritualistic
fuel
-dharbha grass
-a narrow raised
area in the sacred fire
-the platforms
erected for the Hotha
(the priest-performer of
oblations)
-the vessels
made of the wood called
Purasa, used in sacrifices
-wooden plates
for collecting the Soma
juice
-small stones
used for grinding the
Soma creeper
-wooden knives
known as Svaravas fixed
to the sacrificial pillar
called Yupa
-four pits
of depth a cubit each
dug in the Havirdhana (where
the oblations are kept)
-flat pieces
of the fig tree
and its bark called
Adhishavana
-the Drona
Kalasa , a vessel carved
of a banyan tree, shaped
like a mango tree, for
keeping the Soma juice
-the Vayavyas
or the vessels made
of wood or clay for
keeping the Soma juice
-the mud vessel
called the Poothabrth
-the mud vessel
called Aadhavaneeya for keeping
the purified Soma juice
-the place
Agneedhram where the holy
fire is lit
-the platform
called Havirdhana where the
Havis is kept
-the place
where the wives of the
priests live, called Grhas
-the platform
from where the Udhghata
chants the hymns
-the offerings
of rice called Purodasas
-the place
the Havis is cooked called
Pachathas
-the ablutory
bath after the sacrifice
is completed, called Avabhrtha
-the holy formulae
with which the gods are
invoked in sacrifices.