History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.466

v5.c72.466

In śrauta rites (such as Agniṣṭoma) the sacrificer had to undergo a severe discipline of consecration (or dīkṣā), one item of which was the purification of the intending sacrificer's body by the *adhvaryu* priest by rubbing the former's body twice with three bunches of seven darbhas each (vide H. of Dh. vol. II. p. 1136) Śātātapa q by Sm. C. I p. 120, Śuddhiprakāśa p. 147 provide bath for one who has sexual intercourse with his wife during the period from the 5th to the 16th day after monthly illness begins, but for intercourse after these days the purification is the same as for urination and voiding ordure; bath is also prescribed for vomiting after sunrise, after shaving, after a bad dream, on the touch of foul men (such as cāṇḍālas).