History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.202

v5.c72.202

⁵⁵³ The हारलता (p 184) explains अयुजो मिथुनाः प्रवयसः (in आश्व. गृ.) as 'मिथुनं पुरुषद्वयं बहुवचनात् त्रयो मिथुनाः षट् पुरुषा इत्यर्थ. पञ्च वा मिथुना दश पुरुषाः प्रवयस. प्रकृष्टवयस '. It is probable that women also accompanied the cortege to the cemetery in ancient times, that gradually they ceased to do so and by the time of the Hāralatā only men comprised the funeral procession and so it explained the words of Āśv. as above.