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History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.109.3

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.109.3

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v5.c71.s1.109.3

officiating as a priest at a sacrifice for those who are not entitled to sacrifice (such as śūdras or *vrātyas* &c); driving out of the house one's father, mother or son (without a proper cause such as that mentioned by Gautama 20.1); the sale of a tank or of a park intended for a charitable object (though not actually dedicated to the public), ascribing demerits to an unmarried girl (or interfering with her private parts by means of a finger or the like); officiating as a priest (at the marriage) of one who though a younger brother marries before an elder brother, giving one's daughter in marriage to one who marries before his elder brother; cheating or following crooked ways (except against one's guru, which is equal to surāpāna), giving up an observance voluntarily undertaken⁸¹, cooking for the sake of oneself only (and not for deities, guests &c, which attitude is condemned by Ṛg X 117 6 and Manu III 118), sexual intercourse with a woman (even one's own wife) who is given to drinking wine, giving up the Veda already learnt so as to forget it by the study of other subjects);