[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Kaushitakagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka) › 1.20 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 1.20: atha viṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha viṃśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [1.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.1) saptame 'ṣṭame vā māsi karṇavedhanam \1\ > In the seventh or eighth month is the piercing of the ears; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.2) yathā kuladharmaṃ vā \2\ > or according to family custom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.3) tiṣyapunarvasvoḥ śravaṇadhaniṣṭhayorvā \3\ > Under the constellations Tiṣya and Punarvasu, or Śravaṇa and Dhaniṣṭhā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.4) pūrvottareṣu vā \4\ > or under the former or later \[asterisms of a pair\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.5) sarveṣāṃ yathānukūlaṃ vā \5\ > or according to whatever is favorable for all \[parties\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.6) abhi tvā deva savitaḥ iti tisṛbhistrimadhurasya hutvā hiraṇmayyetarayā vā sūcyā āśrut karṇa iti dakṣiṇaṃ karṇaṃ vidhvā uta tvā badhiraṃ vayamiti savyam \6\ > Having offered three oblations of the threefold sweet mixture with the three \[verses\], 'Towards you, god Savitṛ,' having pierced the right ear with a golden needle or another needle \[with the words\], 'Listening ear,' \[he pierces\] the left with, 'And you who are deaf, we...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.7) raktakaṅkaṇaṃ raktasūtraṃ vā chidrayoḥ pratinidadhyāt rākāmahamityetayā \7\ > He should insert a red bracelet or a red thread into the two holes with the verse, 'Rākā I...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20.8) atha brāhmaṇān trimadhureṇa svastīrvācya tato 'bhivādayīta \\8\\ > Then, having caused the brahmins to recite blessings with the threefold sweet mixture, he should thereafter pay homage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.1.20.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.1.20) · Pramāṇa