S’ankha Samhita

Until the commencement of his Andy of the Vidal a Brahman coftinues in the status of a S'udra : he be comes twice-born after that (8) CHAPTER H. ON the foil manifestation of the sign of pregnancy1 the rite - of Nishika should be performed {unto an encicnte); the wise should perform the rite of Punt. [...] (25) The hands the legs the genitals the tongue and the anus are the five operative organs of the body. [...] (1) The region situate about the roots(ball) of the thumb is called the Przijapatyam Tirthanz; the tips of fingers are sacred to the gods and are hence called the Daiva Tirthas while the region about the root of the index finger is called the Pitri Tirtham. [...] (2) (Similarly ) the Abhiihtarupadti the Gdyatri Sirds with the Pranava Mantra the Stoma Suktas the Nse yenoVytihritis the Bharunda Samans the Mantras composed in the Gdyatri metre the Purusha Vratam the Bhdsa Mantrah the Soma Vratam the Avigneyam the Vdrhaspatyam the Vdk Suktam the Anrita"630 SlankAa Simakiaj Mantrah the S'atarioditi Ma rah the A'tharms S'iras Mantrah the.Tri Snp [...] (5) The wise should perform Yraddhas on the day of the tenth phase of the moon's wane after the day of the full moon in the month of Bladra with oblations of honey and Pciyasa.