Upnishad

SR No.: 007670
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

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VISHNU.
LI, 15.
15. Or of a trainer of dogs, of a distiller of spirituous liquor, of an oil manufacturer, or of a washerman ;
16. Or (the food) of a woman in her courses (whether belonging to her, or dressed for her), or of one who lives under one roof with the paramour of his wife;
17. Or (food) which has been looked at by the killer of an embryo (of a Brâhmana), or which has been touched by a woman in her courses, or nibbled by a bird", or touched by a dog, or smelt at by a cow;
18. Or that which has been designedly touched with the foot, or that which has been sneezed at;
19. Or the food of insane, or wrathful, or sick persons ;
20. Or (food that is given) in a disrespectful manner, or the meat (of animals killed) for no sacred purpose.
21. After having (unawares) eaten the flesh of any sort of fish, excepting the Pâthîna, Rohita, Râgiva, Simhatunda, and Sakula fishes, he must fast for three days.
22. Likewise, after having (unawares) eaten the flesh of (any other) aquatic animal (such as the alligator, or the Gangetic porpoise).
23. After having (knowingly) drunk water from a vessel in which spirituous liquor had been kept, he must drink for seven days milk boiled together with the Sankhapushpi plant.
17. Nand. considers the term patatrin to refer to crows only in this place. Kullûka (on M. IV, 208) interprets it by 'crows and the like.' See also Gaut. XVII, 10.
20. See Dr. Bühler's notes on Gaut. XVII, 19, 31.
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