Note 240 — Chapter I · NATURE POWERS.
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On the Somavati-Amávásya day women worship a Pipal tree and offer it a hundred and eight things of one kind.240 Women desirous of having a son perform a certain rite at midnight, without clothing.241 If one wishes to have a son, one has to go through a ceremony called the Hanumán in a naked state.242