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III PRAPATHAKA, 7 KÂNDIKÂ, 7.
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11. Let him sacrifice to Agni, Pashan, Indra, and Isvara.
12. To the bull honour is done (by adorning it, by lavish food, &c.).
13. By the cow-sacrifice also the horse-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which thriving horses are obtained) has been explained.
14. Of deities Yama and Varuna are added here (to the deities stated above) (Satra 11).
15. (After the cow-sacrifice) the cows are besprinkled with scented water; the cows are besprinkled with scented water.
KÂNDIKÂ 7.
1. Now (follows) the Sravanâ ceremony.
2. It has to be performed on the full-moon day (of the month Sravana).
3. Having besmeared (a surface) to the east of the house (with cow-dung), they carry forward (to that place) fire taken from the (sacred) domestic fire.
4. He besmears four spots to the four sides (of the fire),
5. Towards the (four) directions,
6. (To the extent) of more than one prakrama (i.e. step).
7. He puts a dish on the fire and fries (in that
15. As to the repetition of the last words of this chapter, see the notes on I, 4, 31; II, 8, 25; 10, 50.
7, 1 seq. The Sravana ceremony or the Bali-offering to the Serpents. Comp. Khâdira-Grihya III, 2, 1 seq., and the elaborate paper of Dr. Winternitz, Der Sarpabali, ein altindischer Schlangencult (Wien, 1888).
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