Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala, Medhya/Amedhya Dravya, and Uparāga
Eclipse) Observances (श्राद्धकल्पः—दानफल-मेध्यामेध्य-उपरागविधिः
दश चापि शनैर्दद्याद्वामहस्ते क्रमेण तु / उभाभ्यां वा पुनर्दद्याद्द्वाभ्यां सप्त तु मृत्तिकाः
daśa cāpi śanairdadyādvāmahaste krameṇa tu / ubhābhyāṃ vā punardadyāddvābhyāṃ sapta tu mṛttikāḥ
Upon the left hand, one should apply earth in order, slowly, even ten times. Or one may do it again with both hands—then, with the two, seven applications of earth.