History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.447

v5.c72.447

Viṣṇu (19. 18-19) provides ⁶⁹³ that at the end of the period of āśauca one should go out of the village, get himself shaved and take a bath after applying a thick paste of sesame or white mustard to the body, change garments and then re-enter the house. Then he should perform a *śānti* (propitiatory rite)