Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

Chap. X.] SARIRA StllANA^t 221
v( the string" being tied round its neck ; then the um-
bilical cord should be severed immediately above the
ligature, ii.
Natal Rites : —Then having sprayed (the face
of; the baby with cold water, the post-natal rites should
be performed unto it. After that the baby should be
made to lick an electuary composed of honey, clarified
butter and the expressed juice of Brdhini leaves and
Ananid, mixed with (half a Rati weight of) gold dust and
given with the ring-finger of the feeder. Then the body
of the child should be anointed with Vala-taila and
it should be bathed in an infusion of the barks of
Kshiri trees, or in the washings (decoctions) of drugs
known as the Sarvagandha (Eladi group), or in water
in which red-hot gold or silver bar has been immersed,
or in a tepid decoction of KapittJia leaves, according
to the nature of the season, the preponderance of the
deranged Doshas in its body and according to its physi-
cal conditions. 12.
Diet for the Child-(M.— T.) :—The milk in
the breasts of a newly parturient woman sets in three or
four days after parturition owing to the dilation of the
orifices of the milk ducts (galactoferous ducts). Hence
the baby should be fed thrice daily (morning, noon
and evening) on a handful ^child's own hand) of clarified
butter and honey mixed with (a Rati weight ofj pul-
verized Anantd roots sanctified with Mantras on the
first day ; and on the second and third days the child
should be fed on clarified butter prepared with the
Lakshand ^root). On the following (fourth) day the child
.should be fed on its handful of honey and clarified
butter only twice (/. fc\, in the morning and at noon).
(From the evening of fourth day) the mother should
first squeeze off a quantity of her milk and then give