[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) › 23.1 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 23.1 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 23.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.1) śārīrair malaiḥ surābhir madyair vā yad upahataṃ tad atyantopahatam || > What has been defiled by the impure excretions of the body, by spirits, or by intoxicating drinks, is impure in the highest degree. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 22.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.22.93) - [Next: 23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.2) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.23.1) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Vaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita-alias-vinayakapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.484) — P. V. Kane, English - [Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.meyer-1915.v2.c17.13) — Johann Jakob Meyer, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.1) · Pramāṇa