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V, 15.
LAWFUL AND FORBIDDEN FOOD.
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of one-hoofed animals, of sheep, of a cow in heat, or of one that has no calf with her,
9. (The milk) of all wild animals excepting buffalocows, that of women, and all (substances turned) sour must be avoided.
10. Among (things turned) sour, sour milk, and all (food) prepared of it may be eaten, likewise what is extracted from pure flowers, roots, and fruit.
II. Let him avoid all carnivorous birds and those living in villages, and one-hoofed animals which are not specially permitted (to be eaten), and the Tittibha (Parra Jacana),
12. The sparrow, the Plava, the Hamsa, the Brâhmanî duck, the village-cock, the Sârasa crane, the Raggudâla, the woodpecker, the parrot, and the starling,
13. Those which feed striking with their beaks, web-footed birds, the Koyashi, those which scratch with their toes, those which dive and live on fish, meat from a slaughter-house and dried meat,
14. The Baka and the Balâkâ crane, the raven, the Khangaritaka, (animals) that eat fish, villagepigs, and all kinds of fishes.
15. He who eats the flesh of any (animal) is
to Medh. and Gov. 'one who gives milk once a day only,' and according to Nand. and K. 'one big with a calf.'
11. The permission to eat one-hoofed animals is, as the commentators observe, not given in the Smriti. The expression refers to the cases where the Veda prescribes horses, &c., to be slain and eaten at sacrifices.
12. I read with all the commentators Raggudâla instead of Ragguvâla, which the printed editions give. The Raggudâla is according to Vigñânesvara the jungle-fowl, according to Nâr. an aquatic bird.
14. Regarding the Vaka or Baka, see above, IV, 196.
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