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26. On the fourth day (after the Upanayana the teacher) takes the garment (of the student) for himself with the next (verse ; M. II, 6, 15), having made him put on another (garment).
Patala 5, SECTION 12. 1. Having studied the Veda, when going to take the bath (which signifies the end of his studentship), he enters a cow-shed before sunrise, hangs over its door a skin with the hair inside, and sits there.
2. On that day the sun should not shine upon him.
3. At noon, after the ceremonies) from the putting (of wood) on the fire down to the Agyabhäga oblations (have been performed), he puts a piece of Palasa wood on (the fire) with the next (verse; M. II, 7, 1), sits down to the west of the fire on a mat or on erakâ grass, recites the next (verse, II, 7, 2) over a razor, and hands it over to the barber with the next Yagus (II, 7, 3). (The rites) beginning with the pouring together of (warm and cold) water down to the burying of the hair are the same as above (comp. M. II, 7, 4).
4. He sits down behind the cow-shed, takes the girdle off, and hands it over to a Brahmakârin.
5. The (Brahmakârin) hides it with the next Yagus (II, 7, 5) at the root of an Udumbara tree or in a tuft of Darbha grass.
6. With water of the description stated above he
26. The garment which the teacher takes for himself is that mentioned above, IV, 10, 10.
12, 3. See above, IV, 10, 5-8. 6. See IV, 10, 5.
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