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of Religion in the Himalaya. 
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The Kshatriya gdyatri is as follows :— 
Otn devasya savitur matim dsavam visvadevyam dhiyd hhagarn ma- 
ndmahe. 
The Vaisya gdyatri is as follows :— 
Otn visvd rujpdni prati munchate kavih prdsdvid hJiadram dwipade cha- 
tushjpade vi ndham ahliyat savitd varemjo ^nu praydnam ushaso virdjati. 
The boy again brings presents and falls at the feet of his purohita 
and prays that with his teacher’s aid he may become a learned man. The 
purohita then instructs his pupil in the sandhyd, already described. Next 
the samidh or small faggot of sticks from five trees previously mentioned 
is taken by the boy and with one of the pieces he touches his eyes and 
then dips one end of it in clarified butter and again the other and then 
places it on the fire on the altar. Similarly the ears, nose, hands, arms, 
forehead, lips, and breasts are touched in order and the stick are burned. 
The celebrant then performs the trydyuslia by applying the frontal and 
throat-marks with the ashes of the homa and clarified butter. The boy 
then goes through the dandawat or salutation as already described and 
again receives the dsisha. He then addresses Agni, stating his name, 
caste, parentage, &c., and asks the deity to take him under his protection 
and again prostrates himself before his purohita, who usually delivers a 
homily on general conduct. The boy then begs from his friends and 
presents the results to his purohita saying :—“ 0 Maharaja accept these 
alms which I have received.” 
Veddramhha. —Then commences the rite connected with the first 
study of the Vedas, the Veddramhha. Gautama has said that the Veda 
of the division to which the student belongs should first be read by him. 
The celebrant prepares the altar called the Yeddramhha-vedi, for which 
the usual Oaneia-pujd is performed and a fire is lighted thereon. The 
flame is then fed with the numerous offerings made in the names of the 
deities invoked to be present and assist, for whom the whole invitation, 
&c., is repeated, followed with the usual gifts and dedication. Then 
comes the worship of the Vedas themselves with invitation, &c., followed by 
the worship of Ganesa, Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Katyayana, accompanied 
with the usual installation address (^pratishtha), invitation, &c. Then 
the boy looking towards the north-east performs the prdnaydma and 
recites the gdyatri and mantras in honour of the four Vedas, commencing 
with that belonging to his own division. He next recites the mahd- 
vydhriti with the gdyatri three times, i. e., the gdyatri with the namas- 
hdra :—“ Om hhur, Otn hhuvah, Otn svah.'' He is then told to go to 
Benares and study there and for form’s sake actually advances a short 
distance on the road and then returns, when the ceremony is closed with 
the usual distribution of gifts. 
