[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.c72.372 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.372 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.372 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.372) Persons ⁶⁵⁰ undergoing an āśauca on birth or death for one person were forbidden to touch other persons undergoing āśauca for the birth or death of another person altogether. If they did so they had to perform prāyaścitta (Prajāpatya or Sāntapana) - [Previous: v5.c72.371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.371) - [Next: v5.c72.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.373) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.372) · Pramāṇa