Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala, Medhya/Amedhya Dravya, and Uparāga
Eclipse) Observances (श्राद्धकल्पः—दानफल-मेध्यामेध्य-उपरागविधिः
एतान्यपि समानानि श्यामाकानां गुणैस्तु तैः / कृष्णमाषास्तिलाश्चैव श्रेष्ठास्तु यवशालयः
etānyapi samānāni śyāmākānāṃ guṇaistu taiḥ / kṛṣṇamāṣāstilāścaiva śreṣṭhāstu yavaśālayaḥ
These too are equal to śyāmāka in those very qualities; so also black māṣa and sesame—yet barley (yava) is declared the most excellent.