History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.368
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.368
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Begging (see under bhikṣā) 133–134; allowed to the diseased and such like persons, 134; allowed to one oppressed by hunger, 134; allowed to one who has been without food for three days, 134; a characteristic of saṁnyāsa in the sūtras, 421; Kekaya king boasts that no one except a brahmacārin begged in his kingdom, 133; of whom one should not beg, 134; smṛtis hold b. appropriate to veda students and ascetics, 133; smṛtis do not allow it to others except under great restrictions, 133–134; when allowed according to Āp., 133–134.