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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 48.21

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 48.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [48.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.48.21)

gaṇānnaṃ gaṇikānnaṃ ca śūdrānnaṃ śrāddhasūtakam  
caurasyānnaṃ navaśrāddhaṃ punīdhvaṃ ca yavā mama //

> 'Purify for me food given by a multitude of persons, the food of a harlot, or of a Sûdra, food offered at a Srâddha, food rendered impure by the birth of a child in the house, the food of a thief, and food offered at a Navasrâddha (or new Srâddha, which takes place on the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh day after a person's demise).  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.48.21) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.3.6.5-7ab) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit

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