History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.158

v5.c75.158

Boy, whose upanayana has not been performed and who drinks madya through foolishness may undergo expiation through a *pratinidhi* (brother, father, friend), when he is himself unable to do so or is between the ages of 5 to 11, 98, whose upanayana was not performed was not to repeat Vedic mantras except the mantras that are required for the funeral rites and śrāddha of his father or mother 258