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 29
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 13 · Verse 29
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Sanskrit Original
मदुपर्के च सोमे च ताम्बूलस्य च भक्षणे। फलमूले चेक्षुदण्डे न दोषं प्राह वे मनुः।।
maduparke ca some ca tāmbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇe| phalamūle cekṣudaṇḍe na doṣaṃ prāha ve manuḥ||
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Manu says that there is no defect (of Ucchifta) when Madhuparka (mixture of honey) or Soma is taken or when one chews the betel leaves. Nor is one defiled like this, when one eats fmits, roots or sugarcane.