The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.73

c8.73

⁴ Manu V 85; "If he (a Brâhmaṇa) sees a Caṇḍâla, a menstruating woman, a man excommunicated from the caste, a woman in childbed, a corpse, or a person rendered impure by the touch of a corpse, he will purify himself with a bath.