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Markandeyapurana 35.9

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 35.9

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Sanskrit

35.9

tṛṇakāṣṭhauṣadhīnāñca prokṣaṇāt śuddhiriṣyate /
āvikānāṃ samastānāṃ keśānāñcāpi medhyatā //

Shells, stones, gold, and silver, ropes, and garments, and vegetables, roots and fruits, and wicker-work vessels and leather, and gems, diamonds, and coral, and pearls, and men’s bodies are best cleansed with water; just as iron things with water, and stone by scrubbing. Oily vessels are cleansed with warm water, and winnowing baskets, grain and antelope-skins, and the pestle and mortar for husking rice, and thick cloths, and a store by sprinkling; and all kinds of bark-made things are best cleansed with water and earth. Grass, wood and medicinal herbs are best cleansed by sprinkling; and all woollen things and hair have ceremonial purity. White mustard is cleansed with oily sediment or the sediment from sesamum seed. Things that are injured are always cleansed with water, my son. So also cotton things are cleaned with water and ashes. Timber, ivory, hone and horn are best cleaned by scraping. Earthen pots are purified ceremonially by re-hurning.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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