History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.353

v5.c72.353

The Dharmasindhu (p. 435) provides that if the bones of an *āhitāgni* were not found and only an effigy of palāśa leaves were burnt, still the āśauca is for ten days even if he died in a different country and a long time had elapsed. Similarly, in the case of the effigy of one who is not an āhitāgni, the āśauca is for ten days for his son and wife if they have not already observed any āśauca for him but if they had observed it (on hearing of his death) then for three days (on the burning of the effigy). For other sapinḍas (than the son and wife) in the same circumstances three days and bath are respectively prescribed.