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III, 8.
KÂNDRAYANA.
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Prasna III, Adhyâya 8. 1. Now, therefore, we will explain the rule of the Kândrayana (lunar penance).
2. Let him fast on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month.
3. Having had the hair on his head, his beard, the hair on his body, and his nails, or his beard alone, cut, let him enter, dressed in new clothes and speaking the truth, the place where the sacrificial fire is preserved.
4. There a (common) fire, (which may be) fetched once (only, shall serve) him; or (the fire) must be produced by friction with the Aranis.
5. Let a student, who is a friend of the performer), be ready at hand to (carry out his) directions;
6. And sacrificial viands (shall be his) food during the performance of the vow.
7. Having heaped fuel on the fire, scattered (Kusa grass) around it, and performed (the ceremonies) up to the end of the Agnimukha, he offers burnt oblations, (cutting off portions) from the cooked food,
8. (The first) to Agni, (the second) to the lunar day whichever it may be, (the third and the fourth)
8. 1. For this chapter compare Gautama XXVII.
4. The meaning of the Satra is that the fire which has been carried into the âvasatha must be kept burning during the whole month which the Kândrayana lasts. For a burnt oblation has to be performed at the end of the penance. Should it be extinguished, it must be rekindled by friction.
8. The text quoted occurs Taitt. Brahmana I, 5, 8, 1.
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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 |