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and night) after a season of the year has begun , (and for three nights) after an eclipse of the moon.
6. (He must not study for a day and a night) when Indra's flag is hoisted or taken down.
7. (He must not study) when a strong wind is going.
8. (He must not study for three days) when rain, lightning, and thunder happen out of season!.
9. (He must not study till the same hour next day) in the case of an earthquake, of the fall of a meteor, and when the horizon is preternaturally red, as if on fire.
10. (He must not study) in a village in which a corpse lies ;
11. Nor during a battle ;
12. . Nor while dogs are barking, jackals yelling, or asses braying ;
13. Nor while the sound of a musical instrument is being heard;
14. Nor while Sadras or outcasts are near ;
15. Nor in the vicinity of a temple, of a burialground, of a place where four ways meet, or of a high road;
16. Nor while immersed in water; 17. Nor with his foot placed upon a bench;
18. Nor while riding upon an elephant, a horse, or a camel, (or in a carriage drawn by any of those animals), or being borne in a boat, or in a carriage drawn by oxen;
19. Nor after having vomited;
8. "I.e. not during the rains.' (Nand.)
12. Nand. considers the term sva, dog,' to include all the other animals mentioned by Apastamba, I, 3, 10, 17.
19-21. After having vomited or been purged, he shall interrupt
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