[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.c23.203 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.203 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.203 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.203) (7) \*Stana-pratidhāna\* or \*stanapradāna\*:—making the child take the breast. The Bṛ. Up. and many of the sūtras prescribe this, together with the recitation of a mantra or mantras e. g. Pār. prescribes Vāj. S. 17. 87 and 38. 5 for the two breasts, Āp. and Bhār. prescribe Āp. mantrapāṭha II. 13. 2 only for the right breast; Hir. and Vaik. prescribe the same verse for both. - [Previous: v2.c23.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.202) - [Next: v2.c23.204](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.204) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) ## Cites (4) - [Śuklayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.38.5) — Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Āpastambagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Ekāgnikāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.ekagnikanda) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.203](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.203) · Pramāṇa