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GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA.
19. Seizing (that pounded substance) with the thumb and the fourth finger of his right hand, he smears it on the tongue of the boy, with the formula, "This order' (MB. I, 5, 8).
20. In the same way the production of intelligence (is performed). He should give to eat (to the child) clarified butter.
21. Or he takes it with gold (i. e. with a golden spoon) and sacrifices it on the face of the boy with this verse, ‘May Mitra and Varuna bestow intelligence on thee' (MB. I, 5, 9), and with (the verse), 'The lord of the seat, the wonderful' (Sama-veda I, 171).
22. Let him say, Cut off the navel-string,' and, “Give the breast (to the child).'
23. From that time let him not touch (his wife) until ten nights have passed.
KÂNDIKÅ 8.
1. On the third (Tithi) of the third bright fortnight after his birth, in the morning the father has the child washed, including his head, and after sunset, when the evening-red has disappeared, he worships (the moon), holding up his joined hands.
2. Then the mother, having dressed the son in a clean garment, hands him, from south to north, with his face turned to the north, to the father.
19. Comp. above, chap. 6, 11.
23. The impurity (asauka) of the mother lasts through ten days after her confinement; comp. the note on Sânkhayana-Gríhya I, 25, 1 (vol. xxix, p. 51).
8, i seq. Khâdira-Grihya II, 3, 1 seq.
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