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# Paraskaragrihyasutra 1.16.4

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 1.16.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.1.16.4)

anāmikayā suvarṇāntarhitayā madhughṛte prājayati ghṛtaṃ vā bhūstvayi dadhāmi bhuvastvayi dadhāmi svastvayi dadhāmi bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ sarvaṃ tvayi dadhāmīti \4\

> (The medhâganana is performed in the following way:) With his fourth finger and with (an instrument of) gold he gives (to the child) honey and ghee, or ghee (alone), to eat with (the formulas), 'Bhûh I put into thee; bhuvah I put into thee; svah I put into thee. Bhûr bhuvah svah everything I put into thee.'  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.1.16.4) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.16.25.1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.3.p68) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit

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