History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.108

v2.c23.108

The Āśv. gṛhya-sūtra ( I. 4 ) further adds that in caula, upanayana, godāna and marriage there are (as part of these ceremonies ) first four oblations of clarified butter to be made with the three mantras ( Ṛg. IX. 66. 10-12 ) ' Oh Angi, thou purifiest life &c ' and with the one verse ' Prajāpati ! no other than thou &c ' ( Ṛg. X. 121. 10 ) or with the vyāhṛtis,⁴⁸⁹ or according to some teachers with a combination (of the ṛk verses and vyāhṛtis),⁴⁹⁰ while according to others there are no such special oblations.⁴⁹¹