History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.s1.148
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.s1.148
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v2.c24.s1.148
Food obtained by begging was supposed to be pure as said by Manu II. 189, Baud. Dh. S. I. 5. 56 and Yāj. I. 187. It was further said that a brahmacārī who subsists on food obtained by begging is like one observing a fast (Manu II. 183 and Bṛhat-Parāśara p. 130). The brahmacārī was to eat food collected from several houses and was not to take food at a single person's house, except that when he was requested to dinner in honour of gods or the Manes he might do so by partaking of such food at such dinners as would not violate his vows. Vide Manu II. 188-189 and Yāj. I. 32.
Linked texts (4)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanadharmasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatparāśara — Suvrata, Sanskrit