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Sâṅkhâyana-Grihya-Sûtra: V, 3

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KHANDA 3. 1 1. Now at (the consecration of) a garden: having established the (sacred) fire (in that garden), 2. (And) having prepared a mess of cooked food, 3. He shall sacrifice with (the formulas), 'To p. 136 [paragraph continues] Vishnu svâhâ! To Indra and Agni svâhâ! To Visvakarman svâhâ!' (and with the verses), 'Whom the men' (Rig-veda III, 8, 6 seq.), verse by verse. 4. He recites over (the garden), 'O tree with thy hundred branches' (Rig-veda III, 8, 11). 5. The fee for the sacrifice is gold. 135:1 3, 1 seqq. Comp. Âsvalâyana-Parisishta IV, so. Nârâyana uses for the ceremony here described the expressions Ârâmapratishthâ, Ârâmotsarga.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file hin/sbe29/sbe29084.htm.

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