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Similar expressions involving the use of the word *gandha* are also found in *Taittirīya Saṃhitā* (I.2.6.1, IV. 6.8.4) *Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā* (II, 5.2., III. 16-1, IV. 2.13) and *Taittirīya Āraṇyaka* (X.1.10). In *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*, the term *gandha* is used for about twelve times. The use of perfumes for anointment and for bath in the post-Vedic times is ascertained by the words, *sugandhaliptaḥ* and *sugandha-snānaśīlāḥ*, mentioned in *Viṣṇu Dharmasūtra* (XCIX.19), and *Gautama Dharmasūtra* (IX.2) respectively. Moreover, the word *sugandhi-tejana* occurs at *Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra* (IV.1.2., 3.14), *Vaikhānasaśrautasūtra*, (XI.10.8). Saunaka’s *Bṛhaddevatā*, (VII. 77, 78), states that while Agni was officiating as *hotṛ*, his bones became the *devadāru* tree, his fat and flesh *guggulu* and his sinew became *sugandhitejana* which Macdonell translates as fragrant *tejana* grass (Macdonell 1904, p.271).