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VISHNU.
LIV, 8.
8. If a man has not connection with his wife in the natural season, unless it be on the days of the full and new moon, or because she is ill, he must fast for three days.
9. A false witness' must perform the penance ordained for killing a Brâhmana.
10. He who has (unawares) voided excrements without water (being near), must bathe in his clothes, pronounce the 'great words ',' and offer a burnt-oblation?
11. One who has been surprised asleep by the sun rising or setting, must bathe in his clothes and mutter the Gayatri one hundred and eight times.
12. He who has been bitten by a dog, a jackal, a tame pig, an ass, an ape, a crow, or a public prostitute, shall approach a river and (standing in it, shall) stop his breath sixteen times.
13. One who forgets the Vedic texts which he has studied, or who forsakes the sacred fires, must subsist upon alms for a year, bathing at the tree Savanas (morning, noon, and evening), sleeping upon the ground, and eating one meal a day.
14. For setting one's self up by false statements, and for falsely accusing or abusing a Guru, he must subsist upon milk for a month
15. An atheist, one who leads the life of a member of the Kandala or of other low castes that
but also to the offering of burnt-oblations and the muttering of prayers.
9. According to Nand., this particular species of criminals is only quoted as an instance of anupâtakinah (criminals in the third degree, see XXXVI), who are all intended in this Satra.
10. See LV, 10.-2. The particle ka implies that he must touch a cow besides, as Manu directs (XI, 203).' (Nand.)
14. See XXXVII, 1, 3.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |