History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c37.40
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c37.40
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¹⁷¹⁰ एवमणीयस्त्वादिशुणगणोपेत ईश्वरस्तत्र हृदयपुण्डरीके निधाय्यो द्रष्टव्य उपदिश्यते यथा शालग्रामे हरिः । शंकर on वेदान्तसूत्र I. 2. 7; vide also on I. 2. 14 and I. 3. 14. (where he says यथा शालग्रामे विष्णोः संनिहित इति तद्वत्). Vide शूद्रकमलाकर p. 35 ' नूतनलिङ्गार्था शालग्रामादौ तु स्पर्शरहिता पूजा शूद्राद्यैः कार्या' and p. 37 quotes a passage from the भविष्यपुराण which allows even म्लेच्छs to worship Devī and *Liṅgas* made of clay or sand (पार्थिवलिङ्ग).
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- Brahmasūtra — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit