ghata

clarified butter Vv-a.326; Mil.41; Sdhp.201 (-bindu) With ref. to the sacrificial fire (fire as eating ghee, or being sprinkled w. ghee) ghatāsana; Ja.i.472; Ja.v.64, Ja.v.446; Pv.i.8#5 (ghatasitta).

Vedic ghṛta, ghṛ; to sprinkle, moisten