Manava Dharmashastra 4.112
Manubhāṣya 4.112
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- Sanskrit
4.112
prasāritapādaḥ pādāropitapādo vā khaṭvāvāsanādau vā saṃhatapādaḥ | avasakthikayā vastrādinā jānvormadhyasya ca bandhaḥ | āmiṣaṃ māṃsam | 'sūtaka'grahaṇaṃ śāvāśaucāderapi pradarśanārtham |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘With feet prominently thrust forward’—i.e., with feet spread forward, or with one foot over the other, or with his feet placed together on a stool, etc.
‘Avasakthikā’—is that mode of sitting in which the knees are tied together with a piece of cloth or some such thing.
‘Āmiṣa’—is meat.
‘Impurity’—includes that impurity also which is caused by the carrying of a dead body, etc.—(112).
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