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bring forward the giver ; bestow power on us, on men and animals.'
6. The rite only (without the Mantra) for a girl.
KANDIKÂ 17. 1. In the third year the Kaula (i.e. the tonsure of the child's head), or according to the custom of the family.
2. To the north of the fire he places vessels which are filled respectively, with rice, barley, beans, and sesamum seeds;
3. To the west (the boy) for whom the ceremony shall be performed, in his mother's lap, bull-dung in a new vessel, and Sami leaves are placed.
4. To the south of the mother the father (is seated) holding twenty-one bunches of Kusa grass.
5. Or the Brahman should hold them.
6. To the west of (the boy) for whom the ceremony is to be performed, (the father) stations himself and pours cold and warm water together with (the words), With warm water, O Vâyu, come hither!'
7. Taking of that (water), (and) fresh butter, or (some) drops of curds, he three times moistens (the boy’s) head, from the left to the right, with (the formula), ‘May Aditi cut thy hair ; may the waters moisten thee for vigour !'
8. Into the right part (of the hair) he puts each
4. He cuts off the hair four times on the right side (Satras 1014), three times on the left side (Sûtra 15); each time three Kusa bunches are required. This is the reason why twenty-one bunches are prescribed.
8. Each of the four times and of the three times respectively that he cuts off the hair; see the preceding note.
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