Charvaka deemed Vedas to be tainted by the three faults of untruth, self-contradiction, and tautology. Asatya, meaning untruth, also means nonexistent, and satya or truth also means that which is. The latter assertion was an untruth. The Sirupancamulam condemns the witness who deposes to an untruth. Untruth and impurity could be washed away by water or wiped away by Darbha grass. However, it IS essential that the untruth originates from the defendant. If untruth does not so much as exist, its victory is out of the question. Odin replied that this was a great untruth and so the two made a wager. This untruth comes to light when they arrive for Clint's funeral. In particular, Robert Acton notes the little untruth.