[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) › 23.51 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 23.51 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 23.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.51) ūrdhvaṃ nābher yāni khāni tāni medhyāni nirdiśet yāny adhastāny amedhyāni dehāc caiva malāś cyutāḥ // > The cavities above the navel must be considered as pure; those below it are impure; and so are all excretions that fall from the body. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.50) - [Next: 23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.52) - [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.23.51) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (6) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.10.p13) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p284) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p215) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p32) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p32) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p318) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.51) · Pramāṇa