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शस्त्र हतस्य शूल प्रोतस्य वा पुरुषस्य वाम पार्श्व पर्शुक अस्थिषु कल्माष वेणुना निर्मथितो अग्निः स्त्रियाः पुरुषस्य वा अस्थिषु मनुष्य पर्शुकया निर्मथितो अग्निर् यत्र त्रिर् अपसव्यं गच्छति न च अत्र अन्यो अग्निर् ज्वलति ॥

There will burn no other fire where the fire generated by churning, by means of a bamboo stick of white and black colour, the left side rib-bone of a man killed by a weapon or put to the gallows; or the fire generated by churning the bone of a man or woman by means of the bone of another man is circumambulated thrice from right to left.

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