History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c21.31

v2.c21.31

As regards public roads Yāj. I. 194 says that they become pure by the rays of the sun and the moon and by the wind even when they are trodden by cāṇḍālas. In Yāj. I. 197 it is stated that the mud and water on public roads and on houses built of baked bricks, though touched by cāṇḍālas, dogs and crows, are rendered pure by the mere blowing of the wind over them.⁴⁰⁹