Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s1.41

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³⁷ Cf the Veda should not be recited in a village where a Cāndāla lives (Āpastamba I 3 9. 15); his ears shall be filled with (molten) tin or lac, if he listens intentionally to (a recitation) of the Veda, his tongue shall be cut out if he recites Vedic texts, his body shall be split in twain if he remembers them (Gautama XII 4 6), also cf Mātanga Jātaka (No 497., IV, p 376 where the daughter of a merchant washes her eyes with perfumed water after seeing a Mātanga