History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.10

v3.c46.10

(2) After leaving home, wife, children and possessions, he should dwell outside the villages, should be homeless and stay under a tree or in an un-inhabited house wherever he may be when the sun sets and should always wander from place to place; but he may remain in one place only in the rainy season²¹⁵⁰ (Manu VI. 41, 43-44, Vas. Dh. S. X. 12-15, Śaṅkha VII. 6). Śaṅkha (quoted by the Mit. on Yāj. III. 58) allows him to stay in one place only for two months in the rains, while Kaṇva says that he may stay one night in a village and five in a town (except in the rains). When he follows the rule of staying four or two months in one place, he should do so from the full moon of Āṣāḍha or an ascetic may always stay on the banks of the Ganges.