History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.481
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.481
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v5.c72.481
The general rule laid down by Gaut. I. 45-46, Manu V 126 (=Viṣṇu 23. 39), Yāj. I. 191 about the purification of things or bodies that are smeared with foul matter is that water and earth are to be employed for purification till the foul odour and the contact of the foul thing is entirely removed⁷¹⁰. Devala (q. by Aparārka p. 270) defines *śauca* as the removal by means of clay, water, cowdung and the like of the besmearing, the oiliness and odour of a thing that cause impurity.
Linked texts (5)
- Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- Devalasmṛti — Devala, Sanskrit