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II KÂNDA, 7 KANDIKÂ, 12.
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3. Dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments, let him neither perform himself nor go (to see or hear it).
4. Sing, however, he may at his pleasure, for there is another saying, 'He sings either or he rejoices in (other people's) singing.'
5. If everything goes well, he shall not go by night to another village, and shall not run.
6. He shall avoid looking into a well, climbing up a tree, gathering fruits, crawling through narrow openings, bathing naked, jumping over uneven ground, using harsh language, looking at the sun while it is rising or setting, and begging. For there is a Sruti: 'After he has bathed, he should not beg. For he who bathes, drives away from himself begging.'
7. If it rains, he shall go without an upper garment, and shall say, 'May this, my thunderbolt, drive away evil.'
8. He shall not look at himself in water.
9. Agâtalomnim vipumsim shandham ka nopahaset.
10. Let him call a pregnant woman 'viganyâ' (one who will give birth to a child);
11. An ichneumon (nakula), sakula ; 12. A skull (kapâla), bhagâla;
7, 3. Comp. the similar rule given in the Buddhist Vinaya, Mahâvagga I, 56.
4. Satapatha Brâhmana VI, I, I, 15.
5. If no accident happens that makes his going to another village necessary.
6. The passage of the Sruti quoted is found in the Satapatha Brahmana XI, 3, 3, 7. Comp. Vasishtha XII, 2, 10, 25; Gautama IX, 32, 61, &c.
12. Gautama IX, 21.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |