History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.329

v5.c72.329

In the case of *bandhus* (described by the Mit. on Yāj. II. 135 as bhinnagotra sapiṇḍas) of⁶²⁷ the three kinds, the āśauca is for a pakṣiṇī, provided the bandhu is *upanīta* but if he died before upanayana then āśauca is for one day and if the bandhu died in one's house then for three days. If the daughter of the father's sister (and of the other bandhus enumerated in the three verses) dies married, the āśauca is one day, but if they die unmarried only a bath is necessary. Among the three kinds of bandhus, a man himself and his three *ātmabandhus* have to observe āśauca for each other's death; but the case is different as to *pitṛbandhus* and *mātṛbandhus*. If any one of these latter dies, there is āśauca for the man whose bandhus they are, but if a man dies, his pitṛbandhus and mātṛbandhus have to observe no āśauca.