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BAUDHAYANA.
I, 5, 9.
"A clever man, who knows (the rules of) purification and is desirous of righteousness, shall perform (the rites of) purification, after having fully considered the time, and the place (of the defilement), likewise himself, (as well as) the object (to be cleaned) and the substance (to be employed), the purpose of the object, the cause (of the defilement), and the condition (of the thing or person defiled).'
Prasna I, ADHVẬYA 5, KANDIKÂ 9.
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1. The Veda declares that the hand of an artisan is always pure, so is every vendible commodity exposed for sale and food obtained by begging, which a student holds in his hand.
2. A calf is pure on the flowing (of the milk), a bird on the fall of the fruit, women at the time of dalliance, and a dog when he catches a deer.
3. All mines and places of manufacture are pure excepting distilleries of spirituous liquor; continuously flowing streams of water and dust raised by the wind cannot be contaminated.
4. The flowers and fruit of flowering and fruitbearing trees which grow in unclean places are likewise not impure.
9. 1. Vishnu XXIII, 48. 2. Vishnu XXIII, 49.
3. Vishnu XXIII, 48. The term akara, translated by 'mines and places of manufacture,' is explained in the commentary by ' places of production, i.e. of sugar and honey.' It is no doubt intended to apply to any place where articles of consumption or use are produced. Govinda adds that as continuous streams of water' are always pure, one must take care that the water for sipping flows out of the vessel in an unbroken stream.
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