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WYAVASTHA-DARPANA. 98.4 SECTION IX.—The foRm or ADOPT10N. 548. The adopter, having fasted on the day previous to that of adoption, and on the following day having performed the daily religious duties, and put on (two) rings wrought in Kusha (1) grass, performed the échaman (2), iuvoked Fishnu (3) by uttering his name. worshiped Nārāyana (4) with perfume and flowers, and uttered the word ‘Swasti’ (5,) shall three times repeat, in the hearing of the persons attending the ceremony, these words —“Say ye, (this is) an auspicious day for this act of adopting a son to be performed.” 549. Then having uttered ‘Swasti' and 'Ridhi' (prosperity,) and repeated Stastina Indra', &e., he must make the Sankalpa: (6)—“To day of such and such and lunar date, I Sree ( proper name) Der-sarmá (7), of such and such Gotra (8), by reason of being without issue (male,) as well as to propetiate Almighty God by liquidating the debts due to ancestors and being delivered from the hell (called) Put (9), and also to continue my own lineage, I will receive a son in adoption according to the ordinances of the holy Sages—Manu, Prihaspilti, Fashishtha, Shounaka, Parishara, and the rest, and according to the branch of the orda which I follow.”—Having made this sintaha, and worshipped the Guru (spiritual guide, ) he shall constitute Brálmanas his representatives to officiate in the ceremony. 530, Next the Brühmuna, constituted as āchārya, having purified the altar with five garvas (10), removed the impediments, and purified himself, shall properly place the ghatus earthen Inugs full of water, and according to his ability worship Ganesha (1 l) and the rest, the planets, and Ilišpilas (12), Prijupati, and Tishnu, and having placed (consecrated) the fire, util inade the Charu (13) according to his branch of the l’eda, he shull, place (the latter) at his left side. 551, After that, the adopter, inviting his friends and relations, representing to the Sovereign (14), and going before the giver in the assembly shall ask thus : "give the son.” The giver, having repeated five Mantrar (15)—‘Jo Jugyena,’ &c., -shall say, ‘I give', and give the boy. And the 1. A species of grass (Poarynosuroides,) held so sacred by the Hindus that their hands are thought to be pure while they touch some of it, and no religious rite is perfect without it. 2. The act of washing the mouth by repeating a mantra as a religious ceremony. 3. The second deity in the trinity of the Hindus, whose function it is to preserve the world, 4. The name of Pishnu considered as the deity who existed before all worlds and moved on the waters of creation. 5. A beusdictory term.–Good attend you! amen. 6. A resolution to perform a religious ceremony; a religious ceremony of consecration. 7. The general surmiune or title of a Brähmana is 'Deva-Sarmá' or ‘Sarmá, that of a Kshatriya is Barmé, and that of a souhya or Skúdra is Dása. 8. See ante, page 710. Note. (9) See ante, p. 33, Nota, also pp. 824, 826. 10. Garya is the produce of a cow (go :)--the five gapyas are-milk, curds, ghee or clarified butter. cow-dung, and the urine of a cow. 11. Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Durgā; he is the God of wisdom and remover of obstacles. and is invoked by the Hindus at the commencement of all undertakings: by the term ‘and the rest' is meant the class of gods, five in number, of whom Ganesha is the head, 12. The gods who superintend the quarters of the universe: there are eight of them, viz: one at each •f the cardinal points, and four at the intermediate onus. * 峻 (13.) An oblation of vegetable food, confined, however, to barly, sesamum, moog ( Phaseolus *40.] and principally to rice boiled in milk and clarified butter. (14.) See the text of Vriddha Gotama, and the commentary thereon, (15) See page 986. 74 Vyava-th.