The usages of §i}tas. Good Conduct. Vydsa said : 1-3. An excellent Brahmana should perform the Acamana* rite (sipping water) in these circumstances (even though he had done so previously) : after taking food, after drinking any beverage, after sleeping, after bath, after walking in a street, on touching the lips without the hair, after wearing garments, after the dis¬ charge of semen, urine or faeces, on uttering an improper word, after spitting, at the beginning ofVedic study, at the time of hiccough or sigh, on coming from a quadrangle or a cremation ground and at the time of the two Sandhyas i.e. dawn and dusk. In the last case, he shall perform the Acamana twice. 4-10. The Acamana rite is to be performed in the following- circumstances also :- After talking to a Candala or a Mleccha; - Verse 22
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 13 · Verse 22
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Sanskrit Original
कनिष्ठाङ्गुष्ठयोगेन श्रवणे समुपस्पृशेत। सर्वासामथ योगेन हृदयं तु तलेन वा। संस्पृशेद वा शिरस्तद्वदङ्गुष्ठेनाथवा द्वयम।।
kaniṣṭhāṅguṣṭhayogena śravaṇe samupaspṛśet| sarvāsāmatha yogena hṛdayaṃ tu talena vā| saṃspṛśed vā śirastadvadaṅguṣṭhenāthavā dvayam||
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He should touch the arms with all fingers and the heart with palm. He should touch the umbilical region and the head, with all fingers. Or he shall touch both of them by means of the thumb.