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# Agnipurana 158.16

Agnipurāṇa 158.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.158.16)

maraṇādeva kartavyaṃ saṃyogo yasya nāgnibhiḥ /  
dāhādūrdhvamaśaucaṃ syādyasya vaitāniko vidhiḥ //

> \[Impurity\] is to be reckoned from death itself for one who has no connection with the \[sacred\] fires;  
> for one who follows the solemn rites of the Veda, ritual impurity begins after cremation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.158.16) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.158.16) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p457) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p16) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p16) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit

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