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VASISHTHA.
XI, 44.
44. There is no restriction as to time, if (particularly suitable) materials and (particularly holy) Brâhmanas are at hand, or (if the sacrificer is) near (a particularly sacred) place.
45. A Brâhmana must necessarily kindle the three sacred fires.
46. He shall offer (in them) the full and new moon sacrifices, the (half-yearly) Âgrayana Ishti, the Kâturmâsya-sacrifice, the (half-yearly) sacrifices at which animals are slain, and the (annual) Somasacrifices.
47. For all this is (particularly) enjoined (in the Veda), and called by way of laudation 'a debt.'
48. For it is declared in the Veda, A Brâhmana is born, loaded with three debts,' (and further, 'He owes) sacrifices to the gods, a son to the manes, the study of the Veda to the Rishis; therefore he is free from debt who has offered sacrifices, who has begotten a son, and who has lived as a student (with a teacher).'
49. Let him (ordinarily) initiate a Brâhmana in the eighth (year) after conception,
50. A Kshatriya in the eleventh year after conception,
51. A Vaisya in the twelfth year after conception.
52. The staff of a Brâhmana (student may) optionally (be made) of Palâsa wood,
44. Gautama XV, 5.
45. Vishnu LIX, 2. 46. Vishnu LIX, 4-9. 47. Manu IV, 257. I read rinasamstutam with MS. E. 48. Taitt. Samh. VI, 3, 10, 5; Satapatha-brâhmana I, 7, 2, 11. 49-51. Vishnu XXVII, 15-17. 52-54. Vishnu XXVII, 29. Regarding other kinds of sticks, see Gautama I, 22-24.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |