Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya-Sûtra of Âpastamba: 7, 18

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PATALA 7, SECTION 18.

1. 1 When a boy is attacked by the dog-demon (i.e. epilepsy), (the father or another performer of the ceremony), having devoted himself to austerities

3 Over a boy who suffers from the 'Saṅkha disease, (the father, &c.) having devoted himself to austerities, should recite the next two (verses, II, 16, 12. 13), and should pour (water) on his head with a water-pot with the next (verse, II, 16, 14), in the morning, at noon, and at night.

4. Then he will get well.

5. 5 On the day of the full moon of (the month) Srâvana after sunset a Sthâlîpâka (is offered).

6. 6 After the ceremonies down to the Âgyabhâga oblations have been performed in the same way as at the fortnightly sacrifices, he sacrifices of the Sthâlîpâka, and with each of the next (formulas, II, 16, 15-17) he offers with his joined hands Kimsuka flowers.

7. With the next (three) verses (II, 17, 1-3) (he offers) pieces of Âragvadha wood (Cathartocarpus fistula);

Footnotes

286:1 18, 1. Comp. Pâraskara I, 16, 24; Hiranyakesin II, 2, 7.

287:3 'Saṅkhin is a person attacked by such a disease that he utters cries like the sound of a conch trumpet (saṅkha).' Haradatta.

287:5 Here follows a description of the Sarpabali.

287:6 Comp. above, III, 7, 2-3.