VYA W ASTHÂ.. f)Al\I'AN A. :: S-8 ioti. After that, the act ( of adopting) being completed with the performat,” of the is ow ነ .ኳ ኳ ,ኒW ] [ } :l rommencing wíth Säá/yáyana í homa } and ending with the singing ( eallød ) * F i ga í er^ t,' and the tilaka (a mark on the foreihead) made with the lish attached to writra (ash rale, the art of giving remuneration / dtkh/ind I shall he performed. These rites and ceremonies are at present in use * there are also some other ritus ordalued by the sages, as will be known from the texts subjoined, “l, Shutouko, now declare, the best adoption : "One having no male issue, or whose male issue has died, having sisted for a son,” &c.—H. Ch. Seet, li. § 2. }rkshi (;, to —” Having given two pieces of cloth, a pair of war-rings, a turban, a ring for the soretinger, to a priest religiously disposed, a follower of Hono, and thoroughly read in the for. Having venerated the king (a), and virtuous Bráh na as ij, by :i wat jy tr%t" or prepared food consisting of honey, liquid butter, and curds.)---I). Ch. Sect. 1, § 3. “Both a bunch of sixty four stems, entirely of the #not grass, and fuel of the pri fáxhu trwto, —also having collected these articles: having earlistiy invited kinsmen (n) and relation, having entertained the kinson with food, 4to, especialiy Hrious (; ; ; having performed the rites, commencing with that of placing the consecrated fire, and ending with that of purify. ing the liquid butter, having advanced before the gover, let him cause to be asked thus 'give the loy',–The giver, being capille of the gift, shald givet to hjul, with recitation of the five prayers, the initial words of the first of which, are “ I” (on/out, ” &c. - (The same author continues . . .” Having taken him by both hands, with the recitation of the prayer, commenting, -- her.'s having kissed the forehead of the child; having adorned with clo!hes, and so forth, the son g-tort,” &c.; having inaudibly repeated the mystical invocation,--".lugil, amonds, &c., hearing the reflection of a son.” (The text continues :) —“Accompanied with dancing, Fongs, and houedict ory words, having seased him, in the middle of the house; having, according to ordin. anew, offered a burnt-offering of milk and curds, (to each invantation, ) with recitation of myst: al invocation 'ves-tri-/ ri/i,' &c.—the pnrfiwn of the / l-rrh communeiii;; ' T/hhytmuyne.' - and tho five prayers, of which the initial words of the first are “Sumudulus,” &c. -I). Ch. Soot. II. § 3, 7, & 9, Frillhu (; w!” t--"Let him then cause to be offered, as bornt-off-rings, an hundred oblationof milk, with liquid onitor, contemplating in his mind, as the object, the Lord of created beings, with reritation of th, "ayer :-' Práni-putr-na-tira-il, tiw.”--J)." ('h. Sert, H. : ; (). Joshish/#4 “A por-ot, heing about to adopt a son should take an unremote kinsman or the near relation of a kinsman: ; having convened his kinsmen su , and annonitored his intention to the king (a), and having offered a burnt-offering, with recitation of prayers denominated ‘syāārit,' in the middle of his dwelling.”—I). Ch. Sect. H. § 11.
- These are to be found in th: Dattaka-Didhiti, and at the end of the earnmentaries on the Iouttaka-Mimánsá and I)attaka-Chandriká. g
- Should give' is understood.--I), Ch. Sect II, § 6. : Sec. ante, p. 970
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