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endow him with vigour, wealth, and brilliance' — at the back; 'With which Pūṣan shaved Bṛhaspati's, Agni's, and Indra's \[head\] for long life, with that I shave \[your head\], O N.N., so that you may long be happy /' — on the north; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.14) jyok ca sūryaṃ dṛśe iti purastād uptvā yathoditaṃ cauḷaṃ kārayati \ > 'and long see the sun' — having shaved in front, he causes the tonsure to be made according to prescription; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.15) yathaṛṣi vā \ > or according to the \[custom of their\] seer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.16) sannyasya keśān yatra pūṣā bahaspatiḥ savitā somo agniḥ \ > "Depositing the hairs where Pūṣan, Bṛhaspati, Savitṛ, Soma, \[and\] Agni \[dwell\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.17) tebhyo nidhānaṃ bahudhā vyaicchannantarā dyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ suvaḥ iti goṣṭhaudumbare darbhastambe vā nikhanati yo 'sya rātirbhavati \ > sought many a place of concealment for them between heaven and earth, the waters, \[and\] the sun"—with this \[formula\] he buries \[them\] in a cowpen, at \[the foot of\] an udumbara tree, or in a clump of darbha grass, whoever is his benefactor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.18) yathāśraddhaṃ brāhmaṇāya dadāti \ > He gives to a Brahmin according to his faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.19) sarpiṣmantamodanaṃ nāpitāya prayacchati \ > He gives boiled rice with ghee to the barber. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.20) ityevaṃ vihitaṃ ṣoḍaśe varṣe godānakarma saśikhaṃ vāpayate \ > Thus prescribed, in the sixteenth year \[occurs\] the ceremony of the gift of a cow; he has \[himself\] shaved together with the lock of hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.21) śikhāmātramatiśinaṣṭi ityekeṣām \ > "He leaves behind only the lock of hair," say some. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.22) agnigodāno vā bhavati \ > Or he is one whose gift of a cow is \[dedicated\] to Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5.23) gurave gāṃ dadāti \\5\\ > He gives a cow to the teacher. || 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.2.2.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.hiranyakesi.2.1.6.2) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.20.44) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.2.5) · Pramāṇa