Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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BAUDHAYANA.
1, 5, 8.
14. He shall sip out of the Tirtha sacred to Brahman
15. The part (of the hand) at the root of the thumb (is called) the Tirtha sacred to Brahman.
16. The part above the thumb is called the Tirtha) sacred to the manes, the part at the tips of the fingers that sacred to the gods, the part at the root of the fingers that sacred to the Rishis.
17. (Let him not use for sipping water that has trickled) from the fingers, nor (water) that is covered with bubbles or foam, nor (water that is) hot, or alkaline, or salt, or muddy, or discoloured, or has a bad smell or taste. "
18. (Let him not sip water) laughing, nor talking, nor standing, nor looking about, nor bending his head or his body forward, nor while the lock on his crown is untied, nor while his throat is wrapped up, nor while his head is covered, nor when he is in a hurry, nor without wearing the sacrificial thread, nor stretching his feet out, nor while his loins are girt (with a cloth), nor without holding his right arm between his knees, nor making a sound.
19. Let him thrice drink water that reaches his heart.
20. Let him wipe (his lips) thrice. 21. Some (declare that he shall do it) twice.
14. Vasishtha III, 26.
16. Vishnu LXII, 3-4. All the MSS. except M. place the Tîrtha sacred to the gods at the root of the fingers, and that sacred to the Rishis at the tips of the fingers, and Govinda has the same erroneous reading. 17. Vasishtha III, 36.
18. Vasishtha III, 30. 19-20. Vasishtha III, 26; Âpastamba I, 5, 16, 3. 21. Vasishtha III, 27; Âpastamba I, 5, 16, 4.
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