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VASISHTHA.
XIII, 6.
months and a half or during five months and a half.
6. After (the expiration of) that (period), he may study (the Vedas) during the bright half of each month,
7. But the supplementary treatises (Angas) of the Veda at pleasure (both during the bright and the dark halves of each month).
8. Interruptions of the (Veda-study shall take place),
9. If it thunders during the twilight, 10. During (both) the twilights (of each day),
11. In towns where a corpse (lies) or Kândâlas (stay).
12. At pleasure (he may study seated) in (a place) which has been smeared with cowdung and around which a line has been drawn.
13. (Let him not study) near a burial-ground, 14. (Nor) lying down,
15. Nor when he has eaten or received a gift at a funeral sacrifice;
16. And with reference to this (subject) they quote a verse of Manu, 'Be it fruit, or water, or
6-7. Manu IV, 98. 9. Apastamba I, 3, 9, 20.
10. Gautama XVI, 12. II. Gautama XVI, 19; Vishnu XXX, 10. The above translation follows Krishnapandita's gloss. But the Satra may also be taken differently : 'In (villages) where a corpse lies or a Kândala stays (and) in towns. For the prohibition to study in towns is mentioned by Gautama XVI, 45; Manu IV, 116; and Âpastamba I, 3, 9, 4.
12. Apastamba 1, 3, 9, 5. The rule refers to places, such as high-roads, where studying is ordinarily forbidden.
13. Vishnu XXX, 15; Âpastamba I, 3, 9, 6. 14. Gautama XVI, 17.
15. Gautama XVI, 34. 16. Manu IV, 117 somewhat resembles the verse quoted. But
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