[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) › [Khadiragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira) › 3.1.47 # Khadiragrihyasutra 3.1.47 Khādiragṛhyasūtra 3.1.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.47) puṃso 'gre / 47 > If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should lick the forehead of the first-born calf, before it is licked by its mother, and should gulp with (the formula), ('Thou art the phlegm) of the cows' (l.l. 3). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) - [Previous: 3.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.46) - [Next: 3.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.48) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira~en-oldenberg.3.1.47) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Khādiragṛhyasūtravṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira!rudraskanda.11.1.47-2) — Rudraskanda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.khadira.3.1.47) · Pramāṇa