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Hiranyakeshigrihyasutra 1.1.4.4

The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) 1.1.4.4

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1.1.4.4

He then winds the girdle three times from left to right round (the boy, so that it covers) his navel. (He does so only) twice, according to some (teachers). (It is done) with (the verse), 'Here she has come to us who drives away sin, purifying our guard and our protection, bringing us strength by (the power of) inhalation and exhalation, the sister of the gods, this blessed girdle.'

1.1.4.4.n1

Sâṅkhâyana II, 2, 1; Pâraskara II, 2, 8. The text of the Mantra as given by Hiranyakesin is very corrupt, but the corruptions may be as old as the Hiranyakesi-sûtra itself, or even older.

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