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LXXI, 49.
RULES FOR A SNÂTAKA.
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31. Nor at one intoxicated;
32. He must not throw any impure substances into the fire;
33. Nor blood ; 34. Nor poison ;
35. Neither (must he throw any of those substances) into water.
36. He must not step over a fire. 37. He must not warm his feet (by the fire).
38. He must not wipe (the dirt from his feet) with blades of Kusa grass.
39. He must not wash (his feet) in a vessel of white copper.
40. He must not (wash) one foot with the other.
41. He must not scratch the ground (with a piece of wood or the like).
42. He must not crush clods of earth. 43. He must not cut grass.
44. "He must not tear his nails or the hairs (of his beard or others) with his teeth.
45. He must avoid gambling; 46. And the heat of the sun just risen.
47. He must not wear a garment, or shoes, or a garland, or a sacrificial string which had before been worn by another,
48. He must not give advice to a Sudra ;
49. Nor (must he give him) the leavings of his food, nor the residue of an oblation (unless he is his own servant);
46. Besides the above interpretation of the term bâlâtapa, which is proposed by Kullaka also (on M. IV, 69), Nand. mentions two others: 1. the heat of that time of the day when the cows are collected for milking; 2. the heat of the autumn season. The particle ka, according to Nand., is used in order to include the smoke of a burning corpse and the other forbidden objects mentioned by Manu IV, 69.
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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 |