History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.443

v5.c72.443

The digests lay particular emphasis on the fact that in matters of āśauca the usages of a country must be observed. The Hāralatā (pp. 55, 205) quotes passages from the Ādipurāṇa where special reference is made to the authority of the usages of a country (deśa-dharmapramāṇatvāt). The Śuddhitattva p. 275 quotes⁶⁹¹ a verse of Marīci 'one should not disregard the manner of observing *śauca* and religious usages that are current in particular localities; the *dharma* is of that sort alone in those localities'. On p. 276 it quotes a passage of the Vāmanapurāṇa to the same effect.