History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.76

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.76

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v5.c72.76

⁴⁷¹ X. 18 6. This may be symbolic of the fact that the members of the family of the deceased are made to stand on the hide of an ox spread to the west of the fire. Vide Āśv. gr. IV. 6.8 'अथाग्निसुपसमाधाय पश्चादस्यानानडुहं चर्मास्तीर्य...तस्मिन्रमात्यानारोहयेदारोहतायुर्जरसं वृणाना इति.'

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit