[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) › Mekhala # Mekhala (Mekhalā) मेखला the ceremony of investing the religious student with a girdle - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 600 BCE – 400 CE - **Author:** [Laugākṣi](https://indike.org/pramana/person/laugaksi) - **Extent:** 567 passages, 26,017 words - **Text:** partly digitised - **Source:** archiveorg · Mekhala Pustaka By Laugakshi Muni Edited By Pandit Keshava Bhatta Sanskrit Kashmiri Rituals Illustrated… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.1) — 13 parts - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.2) — 8 parts - [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.3) — 11 parts - [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.4) — 11 parts - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.5) — 10 parts - [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.6) — 7 parts - [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.7) — 11 parts - [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.8) — 140 parts - [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.9) — 46 parts - [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.10) — 5 parts - [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.11) — 10 parts - [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.12) — 7 parts - [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.13) — 3 parts - [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.14) — 3 parts - [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.15) — 5 parts - [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.16) — 6 parts - [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.17) — 5 parts - [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.18) — 8 parts - [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.19) — 8 parts - [20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.20) — 3 parts - [21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.21) — 11 parts - [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.22) — 27 parts - [23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.23) — 8 parts - [24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.24) — 5 parts - [25 atha pravargyavratam | athātra vratavidhiḥ | (sarvatra ra-](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.25) — 2 parts - [26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.26) — 16 parts - [27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.27) — 8 parts - [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.28) — 29 parts - [29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.29) — 7 parts - [30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.30) — 2 parts - [31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.31) — 7 parts - [32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.32) — 5 parts - [33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.33) — 27 parts - [34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.34) — 3 parts - [35 atha nāndīmukhaśrāddhavidhiḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.35) — 4 parts ## Contains - [Kanyāsaṃskāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.kanyasamskara) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala) · Pramāṇa