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as that of the sacrifice after assent has been declared (see above, I, 7, 1).
4. After he has sacrificed seventeen one span long pieces of Palasa wood, he then seizes the Sruva.
5. Fifteen at the full and new moon sacrifices.
6. At the Ashtakâ ceremony in the middle of the rainy season there may optionally be three (pieces of wood); the sacrifice as at the Pitriyagña.
Kuanda 11. 1. If an anthill arises in his house, the house should be abandoned.
2. Then, after having fasted three nights (and days), he should perform the great expiation.
Here ends the Fifth Adhyâya.
4. See I, 9, 1. 3. 6. Comp. III, 13, 1 with the note.
11, 2. Narayana understands the great expiation' as a rite directed to Ganesa and to the planets (comp. Yâgñavalkya I, 276 seq., 292, &c.); that this ceremony was known already to the author of this Sätra seems very doubtful. Another 'mahâsânti' is frequently mentioned in the Kausika-sûtra (quoted in BöhtlingkRoth's Dictionary); comp. my German edition of Sânkhâyana, P. 159.
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