Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

232 THE SUSHRUTA SAMIIITA. [Chap. X.
(uncovered place), nor over an undulating ground, nor
should it be exposed to heat, storm, rain, dust, smoke and
water. Milk is congenial to the organism of a child,
i e., it is its proper food Hence in the absence of
sufficient breast-milk, the child should be given the milk
of a cow or of a she-goat in adequate quantities, 39.
In the sixth month of its birth the child should be
fed on light and wholesome boiled rice. A child should
always be kept in an inner apartment of the house,
and religious rites should be performed on its behalf for
the propitiation of evil deities, and it should be carefully
guarded against the influences of evil stars. 40.
Symptoms when a malignant star,
etc., strikes :—The child looks frightened and
agitated, cries, becomes unconscious at times, wounds
himself or its nurse with its teeth and finger-nails,
gnashes its teeth, crooks, yawns, or moves its eye-brows
with upturned eyes, vomits frothy matter, bites its lips,
becomes cross, passes loose stool mixed with shreds
of mucus, cries in an agonised voice, becomes dull in
complexion, becomes weak, does not sleep in the night,
does not suck the breast as before, or emits a fishy,
bug-like or mxole-Hke smell from its body—these are
the general symptoms exhibited by a child under the
influence of a malignant star or planet which will be
specifically described later on in the Uttara-Tantra. 41.
Education and lYIarriage : -The educa-
tion of a child should be commenced at a suitable age
and with subjects proper to the particular social Varna
or order it belongs to. On attaining the twenty-fifth year
he should marry a girl of twelve. A conformity to
these rules, is sure to crown him with health, satisfaction,
progeny and a capacity for fully discharging the religious
rites and paying off his parental debts. 42.