Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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LI, 46.
PENANCES.
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the gods, if those dishes have not been announced to the gods first; and (for eating) food destined for burnt-oblations.
38. Also, for tasting the milk of any animal, save the milk of cows, goats, and buffalos (and for tasting any eatables made of such milk)
39. Also, (for tasting the milk) of those animals (cows and the rest) within ten days after their giving birth to a young one.
40. And (for tasting) the milk of a cow whose milk flows of itself, of one that has just taken the bull?, or of one whose calf is dead 2.
41. And (for tasting the milk of a cow) that has been feeding upon ordures.
42. And (for tasting) any such food as has turned sour (but not that which is sour by nature, like sorrel), except sour milk (and what is made with it).
43. A student, who partakes (unawares) of a Sraddha repast, must fast for three days.
44. And he must remain in water for a whole day (afterwards).
45. If he eats honey or meat (at any time), he must perform the Prâgâpatya penance.
46. If any one eats (unawares) the leavings of the
38. 'Nand. infers from the use of the particle ka that the same penance is ordained for tasting any other production of those animals, as e.g. their excrements..
40. Sandhinî means 'a cow that has just taken the bull,' or a female animal that gives milk once a day,' or 'a cow that is milked by the calf of another cow' (Nand.) Haradatta (see Apast. I, 5, 17, 23; Gaut. XVII, 25) interprets it by an animal giving milk while big with young. For other interpretations, see the Petersburg Dictionary. — 3. The particle ka indicates that animals bearing twins have also to be included in this prohibition.' (Nand.) See Gaut. loc. cit.
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