Arthashastra
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अलिते, वलिते, मनवे स्वाहा ॥
Oblation to Manu , O Aliti and Valiti!
english translation
alite, valite, manave svAhA ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptएतस्य प्रयोगः ॥
The application of the above mantra is as follows.
english translation
etasya prayogaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptत्रि रात्र उपोषितः कृष्ण चतुर् दश्यां पुष्य योगिन्यां श्व पाकी हस्ताद् विलख अवलेखनं क्रीणीयात् ॥
Having fasted for three nights, one should, on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month, the day being assigned to the star of Pushya, purchase from a low-caste woman (svapáki) vilikhávalekhana (finger nails?).
english translation
tri rAtra upoSitaH kRSNa catur dazyAM puSya yoginyAM zva pAkI hastAd vilakha avalekhanaM krINIyAt ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतन् माषैः सह कण्डोलिकायां कृत्वा असंकीर्ण आदहने निखानयेत् ॥
Having kept them in a basket (kandolika), one should bury them apart in cremation grounds.
english translation
tan mASaiH saha kaNDolikAyAM kRtvA asaMkIrNa Adahane nikhAnayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptद्वितीयस्यां चतुर्दश्याम् उद्धृत्य कुमार्या पेषयित्वा गुलिकाः कारयेत् ॥
Having unearthed them on the next fourteenth day, one should reduce them to a paste with kumári (aloe ?) and prepare small pills out of the paste.
english translation
dvitIyasyAM caturdazyAm uddhRtya kumAryA peSayitvA gulikAH kArayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript