[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.c72.451 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.451 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.451 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.451) As regards āśauca on birth I would recommend that hereafter in the changed set-up of society in these days one simple rule should be observed, viz. it is only the mother that has to observe impurity for ten days and no one else has to observe impurity on birth. This is in general accordance with the ancient smṛtis set out above. - [Previous: v5.c72.450](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.450) - [Next: v5.c72.452](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.452) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.451) · Pramāṇa