History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.44

v3.c52.44

For one year after the avabhṛtha bath in Daśapeya, the king has to keep certain observances (called devavratas in Lāṭ. IX. 2. 17 ff) viz. he should not plunge in water for daily bath but should only rub his body with water, should always brush his teeth, pare his nails, should not cut his hair (but may shave the mustache or beard), should sleep in the sacrificial fire-shed on a tiger-skin with its hair upwards, should daily offer fuel-sticks; his subjects (except brāhmaṇas) should not cut their hair for a year, nor should horses' hair be cut for a year. For a year he should never walk on the ground unless he wears shoes (Kāt. XV. 8. 29).