Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya-Sûtra of Âpastamba: 3, 8

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PATALA 3, SECTION 8.

1. 1 At the opening and concluding ceremonies of the Vedic study, the Rishi who is indicated (as the

12 During her (first) monthly illness he instructs her about the things forbidden (to menstruous women), contained in the Brâhmana, in the section, 'A menstruous woman with whom,' &c.

13. After the appearance of her monthly illness, he should, when going to cohabit with her after her illness, recite over her, after she has bathed, the next verses (M. I, 12, 1-13, 4).

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Footnotes

266:1 8, 1. Haradatta observes that at the kândopâkarana and kândasamâpana the Rishi of that kânda, at the general adhyâyopâkarana and samâpana all kândarshis, should be worshipped.

268:12 Taittirîya Samhitâ II, 5, 1, 6 seq.