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I PRASNA, 3 PATALA, IO SECTION, 4.
165 hide the sin of N. N., who belongs to the Gotra N. N.'
19. Having rubbed himself with powder such as is used in bathing, he cleanses his teeth with a stick of Udumbara wood
PATALA 3, SECTION 10.
1. With (the formula), 'Stand in your places for the sake of the enjoyment of food. Stand in your places for the sake of long life. Stand in your places for the sake of holy lustre. May I be blessed with long life, an enjoyer of food, adorned with holy lustre.'
2. Then (the teacher) makes him wash himself with lukewarm water, with the three verses, 'O waters, ye are wholesome' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 1, 5, 1), with the four verses, 'The gold-coloured, clean, purifying (waters)' (Taitt. Samh. V, 6, 1), and with the Anuvâka, The purifier, the heavenly one' (Taitt. Brahmana I, 4, 8).
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3. Or (instead of performing these rites in the neighbourhood of water) they make an enclosure in a cow-stable and cover it (from all sides); that (the student) enters before sunrise, and in that (enclosure) the whole (ceremony) is performed. On that day the sun does not shine upon him,' some say. For he who shines (i. e. the sun), shines by the splendour of those who have taken the bath. Therefore the face of a Snâtaka is, as it were, resplendent (?).'
4. (His friends or relations) bring him all sorts of
10, 3. Rephâyatîva dipyativa. Matridatta. Comp. Âpastamba Dharma-sûtra II, 6, 14, 13, and Bühler's note, S. B. E., vol. ii, p. 135. 4. Comp. above, I, 2, 8, 4.
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