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BAUDHAYANA.
III, 10.
13. Abstention from injuring living beings, truthfulness, abstention from theft (or unrighteously appropriating anything), bathing in the morning, at noon, and in the evening, obedience towards Gurus, continence, sleeping on the ground, dressing in one garment only, and abstaining from food (are the various kinds of) austerity.
14. Gold, a cow, a dress, a horse, land, sesamum, clarified butter, and food (are) the gifts.
15. A year, six months, four months), three (months), two (months), one (month), twenty-four days, twelve days, six days, three days, a day and a night, (and) one day are the periods (for penances).
16. These (acts) may be optionally performed if no (particular penance) has been prescribed,
17. (Viz.) for great crimes difficult (penances) and for trivial faults easy ones.
18. The Krikkhra and the Atikrikkhra, as well as the Kândrayana, are penances for all (offences).
PRASNA IV, Adhyâya 1. 1. We will separately explain the various penances for the several offences, both heavier and lighter ones.
2. Let him prescribe whatever may be befitting for each (case),-heavier (penances) for great (crimes) and easier ones for trivial (faults).
3. Let him perform the penances according to the rule given in the Institutes (of the Sacred Law in cases) where an offence has been committed with the organ or with the feet (and) the arms, through
3. The construction is certainly elliptical. I understand tatra with the first half-verse. Govinda separates the two half-verses, yad upasthakritam papam, &c., from the first, and reads at the end
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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 |