History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.156

v2.c23.156

The Śāṅ. gṛ. (I. 21. 1-3, S. B. E. vol. 29, p. 47) speaks of a ceremony called Garbharakṣaṇa (protection of the foetus): "In the fourth month the garbharakṣaṇa; offering six oblations into fire from a mess of cooked food with the six verses of the hymn 'brahmaṇāgniḥ'⁵¹⁷ (Ṛg. X. 162) with svāhā uttered at the end of each verse, with the verses 'from thy eyes, thy nose' (Ṛg. X. 163. 1-6), besmearing her limbs with clarified butter at each verse."