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5.130. The mouth of a woman is always pure, likewise a bird when he causes a fruit to fall; a calf is pure on the<br />

flowing of the milk, and a dog when he catches a deer.<br />

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5.131. <strong>Manu</strong> has declared that the flesh (of an animal) killed by dogs is pure, likewise (that) of a (beast) slain by<br />

carnivorous (animals) or by men of low caste (Dasyu), such as Kandalas.<br />

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5.132. All those cavities (of the body) which lie above the navel are pure, (but) those which are below the navel<br />

are impure, as well as excretions that fall from the body.<br />

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5.133. Flies, drops of water, a shadow, a cow, a horse, the rays of the sun, dust, earth, the wind, and fire one<br />

must know to be pure to the touch.<br />

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5.134. In order to cleanse (the organs) by which urine and faeces are ejected, earth and water must be used, as<br />

they may be required, likewise in removing the (remaining ones among) twelve impurities of the body.<br />

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5.135. Oily exudations, semen, blood, (the fatty substance of the) brain, urine, faeces, the mucus of the nose,<br />

ear-wax, phlegm, tears, the rheum of the eyes, and sweat are the twelve impurities of human (bodies).<br />

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5.136. He who desires to be pure, must clean the organ by one (application of) earth, the anus by (applying<br />

earth) three (times), the (left) hand alone by (applying it) ten (times), and both (hands) by (applying it) seven<br />

(times).<br />

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5.137. Such is the purification ordained for householders; (it shall be) double for students, treble for hermits, but<br />

quadruple for ascetics.<br />

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5.138. When he has voided urine or faeces, let him, after sipping water, sprinkle the cavities, likewise when he<br />

is going to recite the Veda, and always before he takes food.<br />

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5.139. Let him who desires bodily purity first sip water three times, and then twice wipe his mouth; but a<br />

woman and a Sudra (shall perform each act) once (only).<br />

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