Agnipurana 156

English (machine translation) 156

Language: English

156.4 — 2 parts
156.15 — 2 parts
156.16 — 3 parts

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Puṣkara said: / I shall explain the purification of materials. An earthenware vessel is purified by rebaking. / Gold touched by urine, feces, and the like, [is purified by melting],

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and by being remelted. Otherwise, copper is purified with acid water, / bell-metal and iron with alkaline ash, and pearls and the like with washing.

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And [the purification] of lotus-derived vessels and everything made of stone, / and likewise of vegetables, ropes, roots, fruits, and split-reed items,

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is by wiping; of sacrificial vessels, by the hand during the sacrificial rite; / of oily objects, with hot water; and in the house, purity is achieved by sweeping.

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[Note]

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1 "duṣṭānām" in ṭa. / [Page 128]

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Purification of cloth is by cleansing or washing with earth and water; / for a large amount of cloth, by sprinkling; and for wooden objects, by planing.

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Solid objects [in large amounts] are purified by sprinkling, and liquids by skimming off. / Of beds, seats, vehicles, winnowing baskets, and carts,

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purification should be known to be by sprinkling; likewise of straw and firewood. / Items meant for purification [are cleaned] with paste; of horn and ivory items,

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and of meat vessels, [purification is] by cow hair; of bones, it is like horn. / Of resins, jaggery, and salts, [it is] by drying.

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And likewise of safflower blossoms, wool, and cotton. / Water located in a river is pure, and holy likewise when drawn out.

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A cow is pure except for its mouth; the mouth of a horse and a goat is pure. / The mouth of women, calves, birds, and dogs,

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when their mouths are engaged in catching prey during hunting, is always pure. / Having eaten, sneezed, slept, drunk water, bathed,

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walked upon a public street, and changed one's garment, one should sip water. / A cat is pure while walking around. A menstruating woman [becomes pure] on the fourth day;

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having bathed on the fifth day, the woman is fit for rites to the gods and ancestors. / Five [applications of] clay to the anus, ten to the left hand, and seven to both hands [are prescribed].

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One should apply clay once to the penis, and three and two times to both hands. / For celibate students, forest hermits, and ascetics, it is fourfold.