This text offers the procedure for controlling the evil effect on a child born with the umbilical cord around its neck or any other part of the body. This treatment differs from that contained in the śāntikusumākara I pp. 63-65 published at kumbakonam, 1935 (Grantha)

Manuscript Beginning

atha doṣajātānāmariṣṭaśāntiḥ pravakṣyate। pūrvāṣāḍhañ ca puṣyañ ca citra purvāham eva ca॥ ariṣṭam ādyakaṃ sarvam āśliṣāntyapadan tathā। mūlatripādākañ caiva piturjanmarkṣam eva ca॥ karmarakṣe caiva tal lagne ādhānārkṣe tathaiva ca। hastarkṣe madhyame svāte(r) bharaṇyām antyapādake॥ pādejātasadantaś ca gaṇḍān te nāLaveṣṭite। adhomukhañ ca jātaś cet sakṛtgarbhe dvayos tathā॥

Manuscript Ending

vipraprasādāt dvijadevatābhyo gobhūhīraṇyāmbara dhānyadānaṃ tīrthābhiṣekaṃ grahayajñakṣiptajanmādyariṣṭāni nihanti sadyaḥ। śāntikarma kṛtaṃ yasya sarvāriṣṭavināśanam। sahamā (mama) pitṛmātṛmātualaiś ca sambhavet। brāhmaṇān bhojayet paścādā'siṣo vijaye tathā। hariḥ oṃ॥

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Complete

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365.2

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manuscripts_004411

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Nālaveṣṭanaśānti, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381560