History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.311

v5.c72.311

That the impurity on birth lasted for ten days even in Vedic times can be inferred from the story of Śunaḥ-śepa narrated in the Ait. Br. (chapter 33 2), where occurs the passage 'when the animal is more than ten days from birth he becomes pure (and fit to be offered in sacrifice)' The same inference can probably be drawn from Tai. Br. II. 1 1.3, where it is said 'therefore people do not take the milk of a cow for ten nights when a calf is born.'⁶¹⁵