History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.341

v5.c72.341

The ideas of ritualistic purity went so far as to provide (as stated in the Śuddhitattva quoted by the Nirṇayasindhu) that if a dog died in a brāhmaṇa's house the house became impure for ten days, that, if a śūdra,⁶³³ a *patita* or a *mleccha* died in a brāhmaṇa's house, the house became impure for a month, two months or four months respectively and the house had to be abandoned if a *śvapāka* died therein