Brahmans; on the three following days, they recite the appropriate Mantras, and light up the fire in the manner before described, but lay no meat upon it; in short, during the whole five days, they entertain all Brahmans who present themselves, offering up perfumes and giving presents to each of them. On the expiration of the five days, they completely fill and stop up two of the fire-receptacles, leaving the third, which they do not close up until they have removed the fire it contains to their dwelling: as the fire on this occasion had been made outside the city, they erect there a house which they burn down on the completion of the ceremony. When they have taken the fire to their dwelling, they deposit it in a peculiar receptacle excavated for the purpose; they offer up the _Hóma_ daily, never suffering this fire to go out: they also make a covering for it, which they remove at the time of offering up the Hóma. The manner of offering the _Hóma_ is as follows: the sacrificer having performed his ablution and made the _tilek_, or “inaugural mark,” on the forehead with ashes from the fire receptacle, then celebrates the Hóma; the rites must be performed by a Brahman, as it is of no avail when performed by any other. If the officiating Brahman be a _Vaishnavah_, “worshipper of Vishnu,” he performs the _Yajna_, or “sacrifice,” in the same manner, excepting that, instead of a goat, he employs the figure of a goat formed of flour, over which he goes through the established ceremonies. When one goat is sacrificed, it is called _Agnishtóma_, or “sacrifice to Agni;”[119] where two are offered, _Yúnyíkam_;[120] the sacrifice of three is called _Wajpéya_;[121] the sacrifice of four is called _Jyotishtóma_;[122] and the sacrifice of five is named _Panjáham_.[123] When they sacrifice a cow after this manner, it is called the _Gomédha_; the sacrifice of a horse, _Aswamédha_; that of a man, _Narmédha_.