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SÂNKHẤYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
KHANDA 16. I. On the full moon day of Âsvayuga a milk-rice oblation to Indra.
2. Having sacrificed Agya with (the words), 'To the two Asvins svâhâ! To the two Asvayug svâhâ ! To the full moon of Åsvayuga svâhâ! To the autumn svåhå! To Pasupati svâhâ ! To the tawny one svâhâ !'--
3. He shall sacrifice a mixture of curds and butter with this hymn, 'The cows came hither' (Rig-veda VI, 28), verse by verse.
4. That night they let the calves join their mothers. 5. Then feeding of the Brâhmanas.
KHANDA 17. 1. On the Âgrahầyani full moon day he shall redescend,
2. (Or) under (the Nakshatra) Rohini, or under the Proshthapadás.
3. In the morning, having taken a handfull of Samt leaves, Madhuka flowers, reeds, Apâmârga plants, and of Sirisha, Udumbara, Kusa shoots, and jujube fruits, and an earth-clod (taken) out of a furrow,
4. Having put (all that) into a water-pot,
16, 3. Ghritamisram dadhi prishậtakam. Nârâyana. Comp. the Gribya-samgraha II, 59.
17, 1. The Pratyavarohana (i. e. redescent) here described is the ceremony persormed at the end of the time during which sleeping on high bedsteads is prescribed (chap. 15, 22). Beginning from the Sravanî full moon till the Pratyavarohana, the offerings to the Serpents mentioned above have to be repeated every day (chap. 15, 19); the Pratyavarohana is the concluding ceremony of these rites devoted to the Serpents.
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