[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) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 22.1 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 22.1 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 22.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.22.1) brāhmaṇasya sapiṇḍānāṃ jananamaraṇayor daśāham āśaucam || > The impurity of a Brâhmana caused by the birth or death of Sapindas lasts ten days. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.21.23) - [Next: 22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.22.2) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.22) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.22.1) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.22.1) · Pramāṇa