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Expiation for Chewing the Tooth-stick
Dantakāṣṭha
कुतस्तस्यापराधोऽस्ति एवमेव न संशयः ॥
kutas tasyāparādho ’sti evam eva na saṃśayaḥ ||
इसमें कोई गलती कैसे हो सकती है? कोई शक नहीं, बात यही है।
Varāha
Such concise certainty formulas (“na saṃśayaḥ”) are characteristic of prescriptive literature, reinforcing the authoritative closure of a rule or clarification.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It underscores rule-clarity: under the stated conditions, the text asserts that the act is not to be treated as an offense.
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