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

LXI, 16.

DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.

197

taka (or 5elu) plant, nor of the soap plant, nor of the
Vibhitaka (or Kalidruma) tree, nor of the Dhava
plant, nor of the Dhamani tree (for that purpose).
3. Nor (the twigs of) the Bandhuka (or Bandhu-
^ivaka) plant, nor of the Nirgu;z^i shrub, nor of the
Niuru, Tilva, and Tinduka trees.
4. Nor (the twigs of) the Kovidara (Yugapat-
traka), Sami, Pilu (Gurfaphala), Pippala (holy fig-
tree), Iriguda, or Guggula trees;
5. Nor (the twigs of) the Paribhadraka (Sakra-
padapa), or tamarind, or Mo/£aka, or Semul trees,
nor those of the hemp plant;
6. Nor sweet plants (such as liquorice sticks) ;
7. Nor sour plants (such as Amlikas) ;
8. Nor twigs that have withered on the stem ;
9. Nor perforated (or otherwise faulty) wood ;
10. Nor stinking wood ;
11. Nor smooth wood ;
12. He must not (use the sticks) facing the south
or west.
13. He must use them facing the north or east;
14. He may use (the twigs of) the banyan or
Asana trees, or of. the Arka plant, or of the Kha-
dira, or Karan^a, or Badara (jujube), or Yal, or Nimb
trees, or of the Arimeda shrub, or of the Apa-
marga or Malati plants, or of the Kakubha or
Bel trees;
15. Or of the Kashaya tree, or of the Tikta or
Ka/uka plants.
16. Before sunrise let him silently clean his teeth
with a stick, which must be as thick as the top of
the little finger, provided with one end that may
be chewed (or ‘ with a brush ’), and twelve Angulas
long.