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LAWS OF MANU.
IV, 45.
look at (a woman) who applies collyrium to her eyes, has anointed or uncovered herself or brings forth (a child).
45. Let him not eat, dressed with one garment only; let him not bathe naked; let him not void urine on a road, on ashes, or in a cow-pen,
46. Nor on ploughed land, in water, on an altar of bricks, on a mountain, on the ruins of a temple, nor ever on an ant-hill,
47. Nor in holes inhabited by living creatures, nor while he walks or stands, nor on reaching the bank of a river, nor on the top of a mountain.
48. Let him never void faeces or urine, facing the wind, or a fire, or looking towards a Brâhmana, the sun, water, or cows.
49. He may ease himself, having covered (the ground) with sticks, clods, leaves, grass, and the like, restraining his speech, (keeping himself) pure, wrapping up his body, and covering his head.
50. Let him void faeces and urine, in the daytime turning to the north, at night turning towards the south, during the two twilights in the same (position) as by day.
45. Âp. I, 30, 18; Gaut. IX, 40, 45; Vas. XII, 11; Baudh. II, 6, 24, 39; Vi. LXVIII, 14; LXIV, 5; LX, 11, 16, 19; Yâgñ. I, 131, 134. Govrage, 'in a cow-pen' (Gov., Kull.), means according 10 Medh.'a place where cows graze.'
46. Ap. I, 30, 18; Gaut. IX, 40; Vi. LX, 4, 21, 10. "Some omit verses 46-47' (Når.), and they are not found in Nand. 47. Vi. LX, 9.
48. Ấp. I, 30, 20; Gaut. II, I3; Vi. LX, 32; YÊgõ. I, I34. Looking at (things moved by) the wind' (Medh., Kull.). Medh. places verse 52 immediately after this.
49. Ap. I, 30, 14-15; Gaut. IX, 37-38, 41-43; Vas. XII, 13; Vi. Lx, 2-3, 23.
5. Âp. I, 31, I; Vi. LX, 2-3.
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