Manava Dharmashastra 2.211
Manubhāṣya 2.211
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- Sanskrit
2.211
ghṛtatailādinā keśakāyopadehana mabhyañjanam | gātrāṇāmutsādanamudvartanam | kāryasāmānyātpādadhāvanamapi | sarvathā śarīrasparśasādhyā yā kācidanuvṛttiḥ sā sarvā pratiṣidhyate | vakṣyati ca hetuṃ “ svabhāva eṣa nārīṇām ' iti ( 213 ) | keśānāṃ ca prasādhanam vinyāsaracanādikaraṇam, kuṅkumasindūrādinā sīmantotthāpanam | pradarśanārthaṃ caitaduktam | tena dehaprasādhanamapi candanānulepanāni niṣidhyante |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Annointing’—rubbing of the head and body with oil, butter, and such things.
‘Shampooing’—rubbing—‘of limbs this includes the washing of feet also.
What is prohibited here is every service that involves the touching of the body; and the reason for this the author is going to explain below (in 213).
‘Dressing of the hair’;—arranging the, hair into various shapes, and adorning the frontal hair with Kuṅkuma, Sindūra and other things. This has been mentioned only by way of illustration; hence the adorning of the body also with sandal-paint, etc., becomes interdicted.—(211)
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit