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## Chapter 8: Description of the Fifteen Rituals of Garbhaadhan, etc.
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Composed by Bhattaraka Somaseṇa
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**AMARPARMPARARArm**
**Recite this mantra while writing the letters.**
**Method of Receiving the Book.**
**179.** All the letters should be learned from the mouth of the teacher. The book should be received on an auspicious day, with the performance of Homa and other rituals as before.
**180.** The student should honor the teacher with clothes, garlands, etc., and then, with both hands joined in a bud-like position, face east and sit down.
**181.** The teacher should give the book to the student with joy. The student should then read the scriptures, after reciting the Nandi.
After this, the child should begin to read the book, having learned the letters from the mouth of the teacher, on an auspicious occasion. At this time, perform Homa and other rituals as before. The child should honor his teacher with clothes, garlands, etc., and worship the book, joining both hands, facing east, and sitting down. The teacher should give the book to the child with great joy, and the student should begin to read the book after reciting the Nandi.
**179-81**
**Conclusion.**
**182.** Garbhaadhan, Moda, Pumsavana, Seemanta, Preeti, Supreeti, Priyodhbhava, Jaatakarma, Naamakarma, Bahiryaan, Upaveshan, Annaprashan, Gamanavidhi, Vyushtikriya, Chaulakarma, Aksharasanskar, and Pustak-Grihan - these fifteen rituals are described in this chapter of the Jineendraagama.
**183.** Those virtuous men who perform these fifteen rituals, become proficient, attain purity of conduct, and enjoy the wealth of Lakshmi in this world. They are praised by Shri Somaseṇa and attain the bliss of liberation.
**Garbhaadhan, Moda, Pumsavana, Seemanta, Preeti, Supreeti, Priyodhbhava, Jaatakarma, Naamakarma, Bahiryaan, Upaveshan, Annaprashan, Gamanavidhi, Vyushtikriya, Chaulakarma, Aksharasanskar, and Pustak-Grihan - these fifteen rituals are mentioned in this chapter. Although these rituals are seventeen in number, Preeti, Supreeti, and Priyodhbhava are included in one, because they are performed together, unlike other rituals which are performed at different times. Therefore, the meaning of the verse should be understood by including all three in one. Alternatively, according to another reading, "Etaa Saptadasha Kriyaa: Samuditaa Asmin Jineendraagame," one should understand that there are seventeen rituals. The rituals whose names are not mentioned in the verse, but whose description has been given, should also be included by the use of the conjunction "cha." Those clever and virtuous men who perform these fifteen rituals, enjoy inexhaustible wealth in this world, attain purity of conduct, and are praised by Muni Somaseṇa, thereby attaining the bliss of liberation.**
**Thus ends the eighth chapter of the Shri Dharmarasikasastra, composed by Bhattaraka Shri Somaseṇa, entitled "Description of the Fifteen Rituals of Garbhaadhan, etc."**