The Grihya-sutras, rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies

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G/27HYA-sOtRAS.
' Now the flood had carried away all these creatures, and
thus Manu was left there alone. Then Manu went about
singing praises and toiling, wishing for offspring. And he
sacrificed there also with a Paka-sacrifice. He poured
clarified butter, thickened milk, whey, and curds in the
water as a libation.' It is then told how the goddess I^a
arose out of this offering. I presume that the story of the
Pakaya^;7a as the first offering made by Manu after the
great flood, stands in a certain correlation to the idea
of the introduction of the three sacrificial fires through
Pururavas^ Pururavas is the son of I(T^a ; the original man
Manu, who brings forth I