[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.c72.489 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.489 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.489 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.489) Certain foul things were said by the Smṛtyarthasāra p. 70 to be the causes of extreme pollution and certain others as causes of lesser or insignificant pollution. For example, excreta, urine, semen, blood, fat, marrow, liquor and intoxicants were the causes of great pollution; while dogs, village swine, cats, their urine, the wax from the ear, nails, phlegm, discharge from the eyes, perspiration are the causes of insignificant pollution. - [Previous: v5.c72.488](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.488) - [Next: v5.c72.490](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.490) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.489) · Pramāṇa