History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s2.15

v3.c47.s2.15

²²⁶⁹ The licking of the agnihotrahavaṇī is one of the actions forbidden in the Kali age ‘अग्निहोत्रहवण्याश्च लेहो लीढापरिग्रहः’ quoted in Sm. C. I. p. 12;’ vide com. on Śat. III. 7 ‘प्राग्दण्डयोदग्दण्डया वा स्रुचा द्विराचामति द्विञ्च निर्लेढि’ where it is said ‘अत्र स्रुतादग्निहोत्रहवण्याः कलौ लेहनप्रतिषेधात्तयाचमनमपि प्रतिषिद्धमतो हस्तेनेत्याह भाष्यकृत्।’