[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c48.55 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.55 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.55 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.55) ²³⁰² Whenever any mantra referring to evil spirits and the like is uttered, one has to touch water thereafter before doing anything else. Vide 'रौद्रं राक्षसमासुरमाभिचारिकं मन्त्रमुक्त्वा षिड्यमात्मानं चालभ्योपस्पृशेत्' कात्या. I. 10. 14. - [Previous: v3.c48.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.54) - [Next: v3.c48.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.56) - [Up: v3.c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana.1.10.14) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.55) · Pramāṇa