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BAUDHAYANA.
T, 5, 12.
Prasna I, Adhyâya 5, KANDIKÂ 12. I. Tame animals must not be eaten, 2. Nor carnivorous and (tame) birds, 3. Nor (tame) cocks and pigs;
4. Goats and sheep (are) excepted (from the above prohibition).
5. Five five-toed animals may be eaten, (viz.) the porcupine, the iguana, the hare, the hedgehog, the tortoise and the rhinoceros, excepting the rhinoceros,
6. Likewise five animals with cloven hoofs, (viz.) the white-footed antelope (Nil-gâi), the common ravine) deer, the spotted deer, the buffalo, the (wild) boar and the black antelope, excepting the black antelope,
7. (Likewise) five (kinds of) birds that feed scratching with their feet, (viz.) the partridge, the blue rockpigeon, the francoline partridge, the (crane called) Vârdhrânasa, the peacock and the Vârana, excepting the Vârana,
12. 1. Vasishtha XIV, 40.
2. Vasishtha XIV, 48. Govinda says that the particle ka, 'and,' is used in order to indicate that the word 'tame' must be understood.
3. Åpastamba I, 5, 17, 29, 32. 5. Vasishtha XIV, 39. Another explanation of the word svâvit, the porcupine' (see also Gautama XVII, 27), is given in the commentary, which says that it is a wild animal resembling a dog, and belonging to the boar species. Govinda points out that there is a dispute among the learned regarding the rhinoceros (Vasishtha XV, 47), and that the peculiar wording of the Satra is intended to indicate that.
6. The permissibility of the last-named animal is again doubtful.
7. Gautama XVII, 35. The case of the last-mentioned bird, the Vârana, is again Coubtful. From the first rock-edict of Asoka
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