History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.357

v5.c71.s1.357

The Āśv. gṛ. (I 22 22-26)²²⁷ prescribes what is to be done and what is to be omitted in *punar-upanayana*. It provides that the rites of the cutting of the hair and the production of intelligence are optional, there are no express rules about giving the person in charge (of the deities) and as to the time, and the verse to be recited as the Sāvitrī is Ṛgveda V. 82.1 instead of the usual Gāyatrī (tatsavitur-vareṇyam, Ṛg. III. 62.10)