Brihat Samhita
छित्त्वाग्रे चतुरङ्गुलं अष्टौ मूले जले क्षिपेद्यष्टिम् । उद्धृत्य पुरद्वारं शकटेन नयेन्मनुष्यैर्वा ॥ ४३-२१ ॥
Four digits of the tree at the top and eight digits at the bottom should be cut off, and then the trunk should be put into water. After being taken out it should be carried to the city-gate either through a carriage or by men.
english translation
chittvAgre caturaGgulaM aSTau mUle jale kSipedyaSTim । uddhRtya puradvAraM zakaTena nayenmanuSyairvA ॥ 43-21 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript