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From *Sūtra* times, salty foods were not permitted to students, widows and newly-married couples for three days (Ibid). Use of *viḍa* and black salt was interdicted during a *śrāddha* (Ibid, pp. 102-131). Sea salt was always rated superior to other salts as a food (Ibid, pp. 132-167).