प्राचीन भारत में शिक्षा (डॉ. ए.एस. अल्तेकर - गुरुकुल एवं बौद्ध विहार शिक्षण इतिहास)

I, G] CHHURIKĀBANDHA 293 end of the military training. The central and essential part of the ritual was, as the name itself would suggest, the investiture of the budding hero with a dagger in token of his having completed his military training.¹ This ceremony is mentioned by Nārada alone, but it was fairly common in Rajputana among Rajput families at the beginning.of the 19th century, and was known as kharg bandhāi (tying of the sword), which is the vernacular rendering of the chhurikā- bandha of Nārada. This ceremony, which was per- formed before the marriage, may have been common in higher aristocratic families.

1. Cf. छुरिकाबन्धनं वक्ष्ये नृपाणां प्राक्करग्रहात् । विवाहोक्तेषु मासेषु शुक्लपक्षेप्यनस्तगे ॥ छुरिकाबंधनं कार्यं अर्चयित्वामरान्पितॄन् । अर्चयेच्छुरिकां नित्यं देवतानां च संनिधौ ॥ व्रतलग्ने च बध्नीयात्कट्यां लक्षणसंयुताम् । नारद in VMS., p. 580.