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[Nishīth Sūtra
"Sovacchale Sindhave Loṇam, Romāloṇe Ya Āmae.
Samudde Pansu Khāre Ya, Kāla Loṇe Ya Āmae ||" Āchā. Śru. 2, A. 1, U. 10 mentions the prescription for eating these two types of salt. _ Daśavai A. 6, Gā. 18 prohibits the collection of these two, and the present sūtra prescribes atonement for eating salt kept overnight. From the description of these places, it is clear that out of the above six types of conscious salt, if any salt is cooked in fire, it is called 'Bidala-vaṇa' and if it is transformed by other weapons, it is called 'Udbhinna-namak'.
The commentator here describes the food and non-food items, stating that these sūtra-mentioned items, although not quenching hunger and thirst, are added to food and refine food, hence they are also beneficial to food, so they are food.
Medicines are said to be of two types, food and non-food: 1. Those that taste good when eaten are food-like.
2. Those that are undesirable and unpalatable to eat are non-food, such as Triphala etc. medicines, urine, Nimba etc. bark, Nimboli and many other leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds etc. should be understood.
Or whatever can be eaten in hunger is food.
This explanation should be understood only from a particular perspective. Because according to Vyav. U. 9, drinking one's own urine at night is also prohibited, which is called non-food in the commentary. Therefore, these Triphala etc. substances should not be considered as non-food according to the scriptures, even if they are kept overnight, eaten or eaten during fasting etc.
At the end of the discussion, the commentator has also prohibited keeping and eating food and non-food items generally at night. Atonement for keeping food is Guru-chaumāsi and for keeping non-food is Laghu-chaumāsi.
Bālamaraṇa-praśaṁsā-prāyaśchitta
91-He who praises the following types of child deaths, or praises those who praise them, is punished with a four-month atonement: 1. Giri-padaṇāṇi, 2. Maru-padaṇāṇi, 3. Bhigupadaṇāṇi, 4. Taru-padaṇāṇi, 5. Giri-pakkhandanāṇi, 6. Maru-pakkhandanāṇi, 7. Bhigup-pakkhandanāṇi, 8. Taru-pakkhandanāṇi, 9. Jal-pavesāṇi, 10. Jalaṇa-pavesāṇi, 11. Jal-pakkhandanāṇi, 12. Jalaṇa-pakkhandanāṇi, 13. Visabhakkhanāṇi, 14. Satthopāḍanāṇi, 15. Valaya-maraṇāṇi, 16. Vasatṭa-maraṇāṇi, 17. Tabbhava-maraṇāṇi, 18. Antosalla-maraṇāṇi, 19. Vehāna-samaraṇāṇi, 20. Giddhapuṭa-maraṇāṇi, or any other such types of child deaths.