Markandeyapurana 35.2

35.2

śaśakaḥ kacchapo godhā śvāvit khaḍgo 'tha putraka //

Madālasā spoke:
Next do thou hearken to the remedial measures for things forbidden and permitted. Rice should he eaten that has been kept awhile, mixed with oil, and long stored; and wheat, barley, and butter-milk and preparations thereof unmixed with oil. The hare, the tortoise, the go-sāmp,[1] the porcupine, and the rhinoceros, my son,—these indeed may he eaten; and the domestic pig and fowl should he eschewed. The remains of food at a śrāddha after the pitṛs and gods and other recipients have been satisfied may be eaten at the desire of the brāhmans. A man who eats flesh that has been killed for the purpose of medicine is not defiled.