[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v5.c72.341 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.341 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.341 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.341](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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 - [Previous: v5.c72.340](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.340) - [Next: v5.c72.342](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.342) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.341](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.341) · Pramāṇa