Matsya Purana 267.5
Matsyapurāṇa 267.5
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267.5
kumbhe tu mṛttikāṃ dadyāduddhṛtāsīti mantravit.
śannodevītyapāṃ mantramāpohiṣṭheti vai tathā .. 267.4
Arghya consists in the offering of eight things viz., of curds, uncooked rice Kuśa, milk Dûrvâ grass, honey, barley and mustard (Siddhârathak) Fruits should also be offered The earth of the stable, elephant yard, chariot house, anthill, earth dug out by a wild boar, that of a sacrificial hollow, of the cowshed and of the beds of the sacred rivers like the Ganges, etc, should be placed in the jar (kumbha) by reciting the mantra "Udhṛitâsı, etc," and afterwards the jars should be filled with water by reciting the mantras "Śannodevî, etc" and "Âpohiṣṭhâ, etc" —24
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- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English