Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
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

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VISHNU.
LXXI, 17.
17. He must not look at the rising sun; 18. Nor at the setting (sun);
19. Nor (must he look at the sun) shining through an awning of cloth (under which he is lying).
20. Nor at the sun reflected in a looking-glass or in water;
21. Nor at the midday sun;
22. Nor at the face of any of his Gurus while he is angry;
23. Nor at his own image reflected in oil or in water;
24. Nor reflected in a dirty looking-glass; 25. Nor at his wife eating; 26. Nor at a naked woman ;
27. Nor at a man in the act of discharging urine (or voiding excrements);
28. Nor at an elephant (or other dangerous animal) broken loose from the rope that ties him ;
29. Nor at a fight between bulls (or elephants or buffalos) or the like animals, while he is himself standing in a (crowd or any other) place, from which it would be difficult for him to effect his escape;
30. Nor at one insane ;
imply that a Snataka must wear three garments, an under garment, an upper garment, and a mantle, and in Sûtra 16, that he must carry about him a bushel of Kusa grass.
19. This rule appears to refer, likewise, to the custom of suspending, by a tree or a post, an upper garment or a piece of cloth, in order to ward off the rays of the sun.
20. The particle ka here is used, according to Nand., in order to include the sun, while it is eclipsed,' as mentioned by Manu IV, 37.
29. 'As shown by ka, a place where arrows, spears, or other missiles are falling down, is also intended here.' (Nand.)
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