History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.324.2

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If death occurs between Cūḍā (or three years) and *upanayana* or marriage (in the case of girls) the sapiṇḍas including the father have to observe āśauca for three days and samānodakas become purified by a bath alone. After upanayana all sapiṇḍas have to observe āśauca (on death) for ten days (Gaut. 14 1, Manu V. 59, Āśaucadaśaka 2) and all samānodakas for three days. In the case of a śūdra dying after three and before marriage or 16 years the aśauca is three days for all sapindas. After sixteen years or marriage (in the case of a śūdra) it is the aśauca prescribed for his caste. In the case of a girl dying after three years and before vāgdāna (betrothal) the parents have āśauca for three days and the sapindas (up to three generations) one day. If a girl dies after vāgdāna and before marriage the sapindas of her father as well as of the proposed bridegroom had to observe aśauca for three days. In the case of women and śūdras if death takes place after marriage or after 16 years (if the Śūdra was unmarried) the period of aśauca for all sapindas is ten days. If a woman dies at her father's house after marriage, her parents, step-mother, full brothers and step-brothers have to observe aśauca for three days and her paternal uncle and the like that stay in the same house with her father for one day. Some say that if the married daughter dies in a village other than that of the father, the parents have to observe āśauca for a *pakṣiṇī*⁶²⁵ (i. e.