The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

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XXIII, 17.

17. The same (when smeared with excrements
and the like, are cleansed) by washing.
18. And so (have the objects mentioned in Sutra
14, if defiled without being smeared, to be cleansed
by washing), when there is only a small quantity of
them;
19. Silk and wool, with saline earths ;
20. (Blankets or plaids) made of the hair of the
mountain-goat, with the fruits of the soap plant;
21. Clothes made of the bark of trees1, with Bel
fruit;
22. Linen cloth, with white sesamum ;
23. Likewise, things made of horns, bone, or
teeth ;
24. (Rugs or covers) made of deer’s hair, with
lotus-seeds ;
25. Vessels of copper, bell-metal, tin, and lead,
with acidulated water;
26. Vessels of white copper and iron, with ashes;
27. Wooden articles, by planing;
28. Vessels made of fruits (such as cocoa-nuts,
bottle-gourds, and Bel fruits), by (rubbing them
with) cows’ hair.
29. Many things in a heap, by sprinkling water
over them;
30. Liquids (such as clarified butter, milk, &c.),
by straining them ;
17. ‘All the objects mentioned in Sutras 12-16 must be washed,
but so as to avoid injuring them, in case they have been defiled by
excrements or other such impure substances.’ (Nand.)
21. The term amupa//a has been rendered in accordance
with Nand.’s interpretation, which agrees with Vi^-nanejvara’s (on
Y. I, 186). Kulluka (on M.V, 120; see the Petersburg Dictionary)
appears to refer it to two different sorts of clothes.
30-37. These Sutras relate to defilement caused by insects, &c.
(Nand.)