[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) › [Paraskaragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara) › 2.2.8 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.2.8 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.8) mekhalāṃ badhnīte \ iyaṃ duruktam paribādhamānā varṇaṃ pavitraṃ punatī ma āgāt \ prāṇāpānābhyāṃ balamādadhānā svasā devī subhagā mekhaleyamiti \8\ > He ties round him the girdle with (the verse which the youth recites), 'Here has come to me, keeping away evil words, purifying my kind as a purifier, clothing herself, by (the power of) inhalation and exhalation, with strength, this sisterly goddess, this blessed girdle.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) - [Previous: 2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.7) - [Next: 2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.9) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.2.8) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.8) · Pramāṇa