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VASISHTHA.
XIV, 22.
22. Nor (food) defiled by contact with a garment, hair, or insects.
23. But at pleasure he may use (such food) after taking out the hair and the insects, sprinkling it with water, dropping ashes on it, and (after it has been declared) fit for use by the word (of a Brâhmana).
24. With reference to this (subject) they quote also some verses proclaimed by Pragâpati, 'The gods created for Brâhmanas three means of purifying (defiled substances), viz. ignorance (of defilement), sprinkling (them) with water, and commending (them) by word of mouth.'
25. 'Let him not throw away that food which, at a procession with images of the gods, at weddings, and at sacrifices, is touched by crows or dogs.
26. ‘After the (defiled) portion has been removed, the remainder shall be purified, liquids by straining them, but solid food by sprinkling it with water.'
27. What has been touched by the mouth of a cat is even pure.'
28. (Cooked food which has become) stale (by being kept), what is naturally bad, what has been placed once only in the dish, what has been cooked more than once, raw (food), and (food) insufficiently cooked (must not be eaten).
29. But at pleasure he may use (such food) after pouring over it sour milk or clarified butter.
22. Apastamba I, 5, 16, 28; Gautama XVII, 9. 23. Vishnu XXIII, 38; Yâgñavalkya I, 189. 24. Yagñavalkya I, 191. 26. Vishnu XXIII, 30. Krishnapandita thinks that plâvanena, by straining them (through a cloth),' may also mean by heating them on the fire.'
28. Gautama XVII, 13, and note, 15-16. 29. Manu V, 24.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |