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BAUDHẦYANA.
I, 11, 21.
3. “Those wicked men who, seduced by greed, give away a daughter for a fee, who (thus) sell themselves and commit a great crime, fall' (after death) into a dreadful place of punishment and destroy their family down to the seventh (generation). Moreover they will repeatedly die and be born again. All (this) is declared (to happen), if a fee (is taken).'
4. On the day of the full moon, on the eighth day (of each half month), on the day of the new moon, on the appearance of a meteor, on the occasion of an earthquake, on visiting a burial-ground, and on the death of the king of the country, of a Srotriya or of one who has the same Guru (satirthya), the study of the Veda must be discontinued for a day and a night.
5. (The study of the Veda must be interrupted) while (a strong) wind (blows), a foul smell (is perceptible), or hoar-frost (lies on the ground), when dancing (is going on), and while the sounds of singing, musical instruments, weeping, or of the Saman (melodies are audible).
6. When thunder, lightning, and rain come together, (the interruption shall last) three days except in the rainy season.
belongs to such sons.' None of my MSS. of the text has these words, and they are suspicious, because the phrase "Now they quote also' usually precedes verses only. The Dekhan and Gugarât MSS., except K., omit these and the next Sätra too.
4. Vasishtha XIII, 22, 32-35; Vishnu XXX, 23. Govinda explains agnyutpâta, on the appearance of meteor,' by 'if a fire breaks out in the village.'
5. Vasishtha XIII, 17, 30; Vishnu XXX, 7, 13; Âpastamba I, 3, 11, 31; 1, 3, 10, 17.
6. Gautama XVI, 41.
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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 |