History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.12

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²⁵³⁷ For the word 'apsudīkṣā', vide Kāt. VII. 2. 7. According to Baud. the hair of the wife also is cut (VI. 3) The com. on Śat. VII. 1. p. 587 makes the interesting remark that according to the sūtrakāra the adhvaryu himself pares the sacrificer's nails, but that as in his time the priests had no instruction in such matters and as people had come to look with disfavour on such a practice, the barber pares the nails.