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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.2.5.9

Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 1.2.5.9

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1.2.5.9

athāsya dakṣiṇena hastena dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ sāṅguṣṭhaṃ gṛhṇāti \ agniṣṭe hastamagrabhītsomaste hastamagrabhītsavitā te hastamagramītsarasvatī te hastamagrabhītpūṣā te hastamagrabhīdbṛhaspatiste hastamagrabhīnmitraste hastamagrabhīdvaruṇaste hastamagrabhīttvaṣṭā te hastamagrabhīddhātā te hastamagrabhīdviṣṇuste hastamagrabhītprajāpatiste hastamagrabhīt \ iti \9\

He then seizes with his right hand (the boy's) right hand together with the thumb, with (the words), 'Agni has seized thy hand; Soma has seized thy hand; Savitri has seized thy hand; Sarasvatî has seized thy hand; Pûshan has seized thy hand; Brihaspati has seized thy hand; Mitra has seized thy hand; Varuna has seized thy hand; Tvashtri has seized thy hand; Dhâtri has seized thy hand; Vishnu has seized thy hand; Pragâpati has seized thy hand.'

Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

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