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4.208. Nor that at which the slayer of a learned Brahmana has looked, nor that which has been touched by a
menstruating woman, nor that which has been pecked at by birds or touched by a dog,
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4.209. Nor food at which a cow has smelt, nor particularly that which has been offered by an invitation to all
comers, nor that (given) by a multitude or by harlots, nor that which is declared to be had by a learned (man),
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4.210. Nor the food (given) by a thief, a musician, a carpenter, a usurer, one who has been initiated (for the
performance of a Srauta sacrifice), a miser, one bound with fetters,
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4.211. By one accused of a mortal sin (Abhisasta), a hermaphrodite, an unchaste woman, or a hypocrite, nor
(any sweet thing) that has turned sour, nor what has been kept a whole night, nor (the food) of a Sudra, nor the
leavings (of another man),
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4.212. Nor (the food given) by a physician, a hunter, a cruel man, one who eats the fragments (of another’s
meal), nor the food of an Ugra, nor that prepared for a woman in childbed, nor that (given at a dinner) where (a
guest rises) prematurely (and) sips water, nor that (given by a woman) whose ten days of impurity have not
elapsed,
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4.213. Nor (food) given without due respect, nor (that which contains) meat eaten for no sacred purpose, nor
(that given) by a female who has no male (relatives), nor the food of an enemy, nor that (given) by the lord of a
town, nor that (given) by outcasts, nor that on which anybody has sneezed;
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4.214. Nor the food (given) by an informer, by one who habitually tells falsehoods, or by one who sells (the
rewards for) sacrifices, nor the food (given) by an actor, a tailor, or an ungrateful (man),
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4.216. By trainers of hunting dogs, publicans, a washerman, a dyer, a pitiless (man), and a man in whose house
(lives) a paramour (of his wife),
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4.217. Nor (the food given) by those who knowingly bear with paramours (of their wives), and by those who in
all matters are ruled by women, nor food (given by men) whose ten days of impurity on account of a death have
not passed, nor that which is unpalatable.