[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.c72.447 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.447 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.447 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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) - [Previous: v5.c72.446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.446) - [Next: v5.c72.448](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.448) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) ## Cites (1) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.19.18) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.447) · Pramāṇa