Asvalayana-grihya-sutra

by Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 | 27,388 words

Most of the questions referring to the Grihya-sutra of Ashvalayana will be treated of more conveniently in connection with the different subjects which we shall have to discuss in our General Introduction to the Grihya-sutras. Alternative titles: Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (आश्वलायन-गृह्य-सूत्र), Ashvalayana, grhya, Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra (आश्वलायनगृह्य...

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Adhyāya I, Kaṇḍikā 16

1[1]. In the sixth month the Annaprāśana (i.e. the first feeding with solid food).

2. Goat's flesh, if he is desirous of nouṛṣment,

3. Flesh of partridge, if desirous of holy lustre,

4. Boiled rice with ghee, if desirous of splendour:

5. (Such) food, mixed with curds, honey and ghee he should give (to the child) to eat with (the verse), 'Lord of food, give us food painless and strong; bring forward the giver; bestow power on us, on men and animals.'

6. The rite only (without the Mantra) for a girl.

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16, 1 seq. Comp. Sāṅkh.-Gṛhya I, 27, 1 seq. The two texts are nearly word for word identical.

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