History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.198

v2.c23.198

(3) *Āyuṣya* :—Some of the sūtras speak of a rite called āyuṣya in the jātakarma. This consists in muttering over the navel ('as in Pār.) or in the right ear of the boy some *mantra* or mantras invoking the bestowal of long life on the boy. Āśv. (vide p. 231) has such an invocation in conjunction with the eating of honey and ghṛta. Bhāradvāja also does the same. Mānava gṛ. prescribes the anuvāka '*Agne āyur-asi*' (Kāṭhaka Saṁ. XI. 7) for 21 oblations (this anuvāka is full of the word '*āyuṣmat*').