History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.202
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.202
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(6) *Pañca-brāhmaṇasthāpana*:—We saw above that the Śatapatha prescribes the breathing over the child by five brāhmaṇas or the father himself. Pār. prescribes the same and gives an option (the five brāhmaṇas are to repeat in order from the east prāṇa, vyāna, apāna, udāna and samāna). Śāṅ. asks the father himself to breathe thrice over the boy with a verse referring to the three Vedas. Several sūtras omit this.