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PÂRASKARA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
13. A rainbow (Indra-dhanu, Indra's bow), manidhanu (the jewelled bow).
14. A cow that suckles (her calf) he should not point out to another (person).
15. Let him not void urine or excrements on a ploughed field, on uncovered ground, or while rising up or standing
16. He shall wipe himself with wood that has fallen off by itself.
17. He should not wear a dyed garment.
18. He should be fixed in his intentions, protect everybody's life, and be everybody's friend, as it were.
KANDIKÂ 8. 1. Through a period of three nights (after the Samâvartana) he should keep (the following) observances.
2. He shall eat no flesh and not drink out of an earthen vessel.
3. He shall avoid seeing women, Sudras, dead bodies, black birds, and dogs, and shall not talk to (such beings).
4. He shall not eat funeral food, or food of a
13. Gautama IX, 22; Vasishtha XII, 32. 33; Âpastamba I, 31, 18. 14. Gautama IX, 23; Âpastamba I, 31, 10:
15. Gautama IX, 38; Vasishtha XII, 13; Âpastamba I, 30, 15. 18. Before easing himself, he shall first cover the ground with grass or the like.
17. Gautama IX, 4; Âpastamba I, 30, 10.
8, 1. The words of this Satra are repeated from Satapatha Brâhmana XIV, 1, 1, 28 (only for karati it is said here karet).
2. Satapatha Brâhmana I. I. $ 30.
3. Satapatha Brâhmana l. 1. § 31. Black birds, according to the commentators, mean crows.
4. Funeral food is such food as described below, III, 10, 26.
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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 |