Arthashastra

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चतुर् भक्त उपवासी कृष्ण चतुर्दश्याम् असंकीर्ण आदहने बलिं कृत्वा एतेन मन्त्रेण शव शारिकां गृहीत्वा पौत्री पोट्टलिकं बध्नीयात् ॥

Having fasted for four nights and having on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month performed animal sacrifice (bali) in cremation grounds, one should, repeating the above mantra, collect the pith of a corpse (savasárika) and keep it in a basket made of leaves (pattrapauttaliká).

english translation

catur bhakta upavAsI kRSNa caturdazyAm asaMkIrNa Adahane baliM kRtvA etena mantreNa zava zArikAM gRhItvA pautrI poTTalikaM badhnIyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript