Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
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

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BAUDHAYANA.
1, 5, 8.
with water, he shall put it down, sip water and sprinkle it, when he is going to take it up.
30. That is contrary (to the rule) in (the case of an earthen) vessel.
31. In (the case of a vessel) made of wood there is an option.
32. Defiled (objects) made of metal must be scoured with cowdung, earth, and ashes, or with one of these (three).
33. Copper, silver, and gold (must be cleaned) with acids.
34. Earthen vessels must be heated. 35. (Objects) made of wood must be planed.
36. (Objects) made of bamboo (must be cleaned) with cowdung,
37. (Objects) made of fruits with a rope of cowhair,
38. Skins of black deer with (ground) Bel nut and rice,
39. Blankets (of the hair of the mountain goat) with Areka nuts, . 40. (Cloth) made of (sheep's) wool by the (rays of the) sun,
41. Linen (cloth) with a paste of yellow mustard,
30. (The word) amatram, literally “a vessel," denotes here an earthen vessel. The meaning is that such a one, if it is very much defiled, shall only be put down and not be taken back. Any other earthen vessel) shall be heated.'-Govinda.
32. Vasishtha III, 49. 33. Manu V, 114; Vasishtha III, 63. 34-35. Vasishtha III, 49.
36. Vasishtha III, 53. 37. Vasishtha III, 54. Govinda thinks that the word raggu, "a rope,' is used here in the sense of a conglomeration,' and merely indicates that a quantity of cowhair must be used. 39. Manu V, 120.
41. Vasishtha III, 55.
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