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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.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘Shampooing’—rubbing—‘of limbs this includes the washing of feet also.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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).

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘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)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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