[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c23.154 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.154 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.154 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.154) According to Śaunaka-kārikā (Ms. in Bombay University Library, folio 13a) that rite is called anavalobhana whereby the foetus remains undisturbed or does not fall out.⁵¹⁶ According to the Smṛtyarthasāra it is to be performed in the fourth month. According to Laghu-Āśvalāyana IV. 1-2 anavalobhana and sīmantonnayana were to be performed in the 4th, 6th or 8th month of pregnancy and verses 6-7 give the same details as in Āśv. gṛ. - [Previous: v2.c23.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.153) - [Next: v2.c23.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.155) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) ## Cites (2) - [Śaunakakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.sakhiya.saunakakarika) — Śaunaka 1566, Sanskrit - [Smṛtyarthasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtyarthasara) — Śrīdhara (Smṛtyarthasāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.154) · Pramāṇa