[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Dharmapradipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa) › 3.p10.4 # Dharmapradipa 3.p10.4 Dharmapradīpa 3.p10.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.p10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.3.p10.4) dantajāte trirātraṃ syādyadi syātāṃ tu nirguṇau ||” iti kaurmāt | kāśyapoktaṃ śūdraparam“trirātraṃ tu bhavecchūdre ṣaṇmāsepi śiśau mṛte|” iti mātsyokteḥ | “dantajātaśūdre tu pañcāhaḥ | yathāhāṅgirāḥśūdre trivarṣānnayūne tu mṛte śuddhistu pañcabhiḥ || ata ūrdhvaṃ mṛte śūdre dvādaśāho vidhīyate || ṣaḍvarṣāntamatīto yaḥ śūdraḥ sa mriyate yadi | māsikaṃ tu bhavecchaucamityāṅgirasabhāṣitam ||” iti anūḍhabhāryaśūdrasya dvādaśāhamāśaucaṃ tu saguṇaparam | nāmaka raṇādūrdhvaṃ caulātprāṅmṛtāsu kanyāsu snānamātram || “anūḍhāyāṃ tu kanyāyāṃ sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate” ityāpastambokteḥ | vāgdānataḥ prathamaṃ cūḍākaraṇādanantaramahaikena jñātiḥ śudhyet | “aviśeṣeṇa varṇānāmarvāksaṃskārakarmaṇaḥ | trirātrāttu bhavecchuddhiḥ kanyāsvehnā vidhīyate ||” ityaṅgirasā trirātraviṣaye'hovidhānāt | vāgdānottaraṃ prāgvivāhānmṛtau saptapuruṣāvadhi bhartṛgotraṃ pitṛgotraṃ ca tribhirdinaiḥ śudhyet | “strīṇāmasaṃskṛtānāṃ tu tryahācchuddhyanti bāndhavāḥ” ityādimanūkteḥ | śūdrasyāpi vivāhātpūrvaṃ trirātraṃ śūdre nirguṇe'bdordhvaṃ pañcāhaṃ ṣaḍabdordhvaṃ vivāhābhāve dvādaśāha iti gauḍāḥ | saguṇānāṃ ṣoḍaśābdordhvaṃ tu vivāhābhāvepi pūrṇāśaucam || atha jātyāśaucamtacca dvijapuṃsāmupayananordhvaṃ pravarttate“trirātramā vratāddeśāddaśarātramataḥ param | kṣatrasya dvādaśāhāni viśaḥ pañcadaśaiva tu || triṃśaddināni śūdrasya tadardhaṃ nyāyavartinaḥ ||” iti yājñavalkyokteḥ | guṇavataḥ kṣatriyasyāpi daśāhātaḥ paraṃ śuddhimāha parāśaraḥ“kṣatriyastu daśāhena svadharmanirataḥ śuciḥ” iti | - [Previous: 3.p10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.3.p10.3) - [Next: 3.p10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.3.p10.5) - [Up: 3.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.3.p10) ## Linked texts (2) - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.36.2-14) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Dharmapradīpa (Bhairavadatta Dvivedin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalajyotisa.dharmapradipa.3.p10.4) — Bhairavadatta Dvivedin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.3.p10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dharmapradipa.3.p10.4) · Pramāṇa