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 42
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 13 · Verse 42
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न ज्योतींषि निरीक्षन्वानसंध्याभिमुखो ऽपिवा। प्रत्यादित्यं प्रत्यनलं प्रतिसोमं तथैव च।।
na jyotīṃṣi nirīkṣanvānasaṃdhyābhimukho 'pivā| pratyādityaṃ pratyanalaṃ pratisomaṃ tathaiva ca||
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One shall not discharge faeces etc. with shoes on. While going in an aerial chariot (v.l. while holding an um¬ brella) or standing face to face with a woman, elders or Brah- manas one shall not evacuate bowels. Neither in front of a shrine nor that of an idol shall one discharge urine or faeces. One shall not do so facing the luminaries or water nor in front of the sun, moon and the fire.