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 27

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 13 · Verse 27