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GRIHYA-SÚTRA OF GOBHILA.
17. If lightning (is observed), or if it thunders, or if it is drizzling, (he shall not study) until the same time next day.
18. On the falling of a meteor, or after an earthquake, or an eclipse of the sun or of the moon (the study is interrupted until the same time next day),
19. And if a whirlwind occurs.
20. Let them not study on the Ashtakâ days, and on the days of the new moon,
21. And on the days of the full moon
22. In the three months Karttika, Phålguna, and Åshâdha.
23. And (the study is interrupted) for one day and one night,
24. If a fellow-pupil has died, 25. Or the sovereign of his country; 26. Three days, if his teacher (has died);
27. One day and one night, if somebody (has died) who has reverentially approached.
28. If singing, or the sound of a musical instrument, or weeping is heard, or if it is storming, (the
Veda, and open a second term. The distinction of two such periods, which may be called two terms, is frequently met with in other texts, for instance, in Vasishtha XIII, 5-7 (S. B. E. XIV, 63); Manu IV, 98. According to the commentary, on the other hand, the second Upâkarana is performed at the beginning of the northerly course of the sun (comp. Sätras 10-12); it is stated that after that ceremony the Uttara (i.e. the Uttararkika ?) and the Rahasya texts are studied. It deserves to be noticed that Manu (IV, 96) prescribes the performing of the Utsarga either under the Nakshatra Pushya (i. e. Tishya), or on the first day of the bright fortnight of Mâgha, which is considered as coinciding, at least approximately, with the beginning of the northerly course of the sun.
18. Comp. Manu IV, 105.
22. These are the days of the ancient Vedic kâturmâsya sacrifices.
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