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XXIII, 17.
17. The same (when smeared with excrements and the like, are cleansed) by washing.
18. And so (have the objects mentioned in Sûtra 14, if defiled without being smeared, to be cleansed by washing), when there is only a small quantity of them;
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19. Silk and wool, with saline earths;
20. (Blankets or plaids) made of the hair of the mountain-goat, with the fruits of the soap plant;
21. Clothes made of the bark of trees1, with Bèl fruit;
22. Linen cloth, with white sesamum;
23. Likewise, things made of horns, bone, or teeth;
24. (Rugs or covers) made of deer's hair, with lotus-seeds;
25. Vessels of copper, bell-metal, tin, and lead, with acidulated water;
26. Vessels of white copper and iron, with ashes; 27. Wooden articles, by planing;
28. Vessels made of fruits (such as cocoa-nuts, bottle-gourds, and Bèl fruits), by (rubbing them with) cows' hair.
29. Many things in a heap, by sprinkling water over them;
30. Liquids (such as clarified butter, milk, &c.), by straining them;
17. All the objects mentioned in Sûtras 12-16 must be washed, but so as to avoid injuring them, in case they have been defiled by excrements or other such impure substances.' (Nand.)
21. The term amsupatta has been rendered in accordance with Nand.'s interpretation, which agrees with Vigñânesvara's (on Y. I, 186). Kulluka (on M.V, 120; see the Petersburg Dictionary) appears to refer it to two different sorts of clothes.
30-37. These Sûtras relate to defilement caused by insects, &c. (Nand.)
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |