History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.336

v5.c72.336

These provisions about āśauca on the death of the ācārya and ṛtvik who were not sapiṇḍas show how closely the bond between teacher and pupil was thought to be in ancient times, almost equalling the tie of blood. When a *yati* (ascetic) dies,⁶³⁰ all his sapiṇḍas have simply to undergo a bath (and nothing more). Conversely, a yati and brahmacārin have to observe no āśauca Manu V. 82, Yāj III. 25, Viṣṇu 22.45, Saṅkha 15. 15 provide that on the death of the ruler of the country in which one resides one has to observe āśauca up till the coming of the day or night next to that on which the king dies.⁶³¹