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I ADHYAYA, 22 KHANDA, 7.
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KHANDA 21. 1. In the fourth month the Garbharakshana (i.e. the ceremony for the protection of the embryo),
2. Sacrificing six oblations from a mess of cooked food with (the six verses of the hymn), 'Agni, joined with the prayer' (Rig-veda X, 162),
3. With (the verses), 'From thy eyes, thy nose' (Rig-veda X, 163), verse by verse besmearing her limbs with Ågya salve.
KHANDA 22. 1. In the seventh month, at her first pregnancy, the Simantonnayana (or parting of the hair).
2. He causes her, after she has bathed and put on a (new) garment which has not yet been washed, to sit down behind the fire.
3. He sacrifices, while she takes hold of him, with the Mahâvyâhritis.
4. He cooks a mess of food,
5. According to some (teachers) boiled rice with Mudga beans.
6. The implements used and the Nakshatra should be of male gender.
7. (He then sacrifices with the following texts,) May Dhâtar give to his worshipper further life and safety; may we obtain the favour of the god whose laws are truthful.
Dhâtar disposes of offspring and wealth ; Dhâtar has created this whole world; Dhâtar will give a
Påraskara I, 13. Comp. the natthukamma treated of in the Pali Buddhist texts (Mahavagga VI, 13) and in the medical literature.
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