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 Sanscript

एतस्य प्रयोगः ॥

The application of the above mantra is as follows.

english translation

त्रि 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 Sanscript

तन् 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 Sanscript

द्वितीयस्यां 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