Brihat Samhita

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हस्तऽयतं तद्द्विगुणं गभीरं खात्वाअवटं प्रोक्तजलावपूर्णम् । शुष्कं प्रदग्धं मधुसर्पिषा तत् प्रलेपयेद्भस्मसमन्वितन ॥ ५५-२४ ॥

Dig a hole twice as deep as the width of a hand and fill it with the water mentioned above. If the mixture is dry and burnt, one should smear it with honey and butter mixed with ashes.

english translation

hasta'yataM taddviguNaM gabhIraM khAtvAavaTaM proktajalAvapUrNam । zuSkaM pradagdhaM madhusarpiSA tat pralepayedbhasmasamanvitana ॥ 55-24 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript