Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1885
Total Pages: 2521
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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II PRAPATHAKA, 3 KÂNDIKÂ, 8.
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with this verse (which the bridegroom murmurs), May (the Visve devâs) anoint (or, unite)' (1. 1. 9).
16. After she has been (thus) besprinkled, he puts up her joined hands with his left hand, seizes with his right hand her right hand with the thumb, her hand being turned with the palm upwards, and murmurs these six verses referring to the seizing of (a girl's) hand, 'I seize thy hand' (MB. I, 2, 10-15).
17. When these verses) are finished, they carry her away
KÂNDIKÂ 3. 1. To a convenient house of a Brâhmana, which is situated in a north-easterly direction.
2. There wood has been put on the (nuptial) fire.
3. To the west of the fire a red bull's hide has been spread out, with the neck to the east and with the hair outside.
4. On that they make the woman, who has to keep silence, sit down.
5. And (there) she remains sitting until the stars appear.
6. When (somebody) has said that a star has appeared, (the husband) sacrifices six oblations of Ågya with the (six verses) commencing with (the verse), 'In the junctions of the lines' (1. 1. I, 3, 1-6).
7. The remnants of each oblation he should pour out over the bride's head.
8. After the sacrifice they arise, go out (of the house), and he shows her the firm star' (i. e. the polar-star).
3, I segg. Khâdira-Grihya I, 4, I seqq.
3. This is the standing description of the bull's hide used at the Srauta or Grihya ceremonies; comp. Sånkhayana I, 16, I note.
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