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

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VISH2VU.

LXXI, 17,

17. He must not look at the rising sun;
18. Nor at the setting (sun);
19. Nor (must he look at the sun) shining
through an awning of cloth (under which he is
tying).
20. Nor at the sun reflected in a looking-glass or
in water;
21. Nor at the midday sun ;
22. Nor at the face of any of his Gurus while he
is angry;
23. Nor at his own image reflected in oil or in
water ;
24. Nor reflected in a dirty looking-glass;
25. Nor at his wife eating ;
26. Nor at a naked woman ;
27. Nor at a man in the act of discharging urine
(or voiding excrements);
28. Nor at an elephant (or other dangerous
animal) broken loose from the rope that ties him ;
29. Nor at a fight between bulls (or elephants or
buffalos) or the like animals, while he is himself
standing in a (crowd or any other) place, from which
it would be difficult for him to effect his escape;
30. Nor at one insane ;

imply that a Snataka must wear three garments, an under garment,
an upper garment, and a mantle, and in Sutra 16, that he must
carry about him a bushel of Kura grass.
19. This rule appears to refer, likewise, to the custom of sus-
pending, by a tree or a post, an upper garment or a piece of cloth,
in order to ward off the rays of the sun.
20. The particle ka. here is used, according to Nand., in order
to include ‘ the sun, while it is eclipsed,’ as mentioned by Manu
iv, 37.
29. ‘As shown by £a, a place where arrows, spears, or other
missiles are falling down, is also intended here.’ (Nand.)