The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.56

c14.56

For the explanation of the jâtaggi, the fire for a woman in childbed (sûtikâgni), mentioned by Hiraṇyakeśin (Gṛihyasûtra II. 3) and which takes the place of the domestic sacrificial fire, should be pointed out here. Cf. Oldenberg, Die Religion des Veda, p. 338. The lawbooks know nothing of a fire kindled at the birth of a son; they speak, on the contrary, of a vaivâhika-agni i.e., a fire kindled on the occasion of marriage which serves for the performance of domestic ceremonies, for sacrifices and for the cooking of the daily food, and consequently, requires to be kept permanently. Manu, III. 67.