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women, nor is (the ordeal by) water fit to be administered to them; it is through (the ordeals by) balance, sacred libation, and others that (the judge) must explore the true state of their minds.
10. Let (the judge) test strong men by fire, water, or poison, and let him test infants, old or distressed men by the balance.
11. Let (the judge) ayoid (the ordeal by) fire in the case of lepers, (the ordeal by) water in the case of the asthmatic, and (the ordeal by) poison in the case of bilious or phlegmatic persons.
12. In the season of the rains, let the (ordeal by) fire be administered; also in the cold and chilly seasons. In the summer season, the (ordeal by) water is the proper (kind of ordeal). Poison (is destined) for the cold weather.
13. The chilly, cold, and rainy seasons are declared to be (the proper seasons) for the (ordeal by) fire; the autumn and summer seasons, for the (ordeal by) water; the (ordeal by) poison, (is fit) for the cold and chilly seasons.
14. The months of Kaitra (March-April), Mârgasirsha (November-December), and Vaisâkha (April
(Vîram., Tod.), as the term âtura occurs twice under the latter reading.
9. M. Macn. X, 1, 12 (uncertain); Nepalese Nârada.
10, 11. Minor Nârada I, 5, 116, 118 (p. 46). For the Sanskrit, see Nârada-smriti, p. 112, note. Nearly identical with a text usually attributed to Pitâmaha, Vîram. p. 237.
12. Vîram. pp. 239, 240. Nearly identical with Nârada I, 19, 254 (p. 101) and Minor Nârada I, 5, 113, 114 (p. 46).
13, 14 a. V. T.; M. Macn. X, 1, 10 (uncertain). These two texts are elsewhere attributed to Pitâmaha, and it is certainly difficult to reconcile them with 12.
14 b. Vîram. p. 240. In the quotations, this text comes after
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