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ceremonies in the Aśvamedha; it is made in the fire of the

Uttaravedi (q. v.) and continued during a whole night, con-

sisting in the first watch of the night, of clarified butter

(ājya or ghṛta), in the second of fried rice (saktu), in the

third of fried barley (dhānāḥ) and in the fourth of fried

corn (lājāḥ). Comp. annādhīśa. E. anna and homa.