History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.167

v5.c73.167

The Viṣṇudharmasūtra⁸⁵² (chap 84) prescribes that śrāddha should not be performed in Mleccha country, nor should one go to a Mleccha country and then defines a Mleccha country as one in which the system of the four *varṇas* is not established and states that Āryāvarta is beyond that The Vāyupurāna provides⁸⁵³ that the country of Triśaṅku which is twelve *yojanas* in extent and which is to the north of the river Mahānadī and to the south of Kīkaṭa (i. e. Magadha) is not fit for śrāddha, similarly the countries called Kāraskara, Kaliṅga, the country to the north of the river Sindhu and all countries where the system of *varṇas* and *āśramas* is not in existence should be sedulously avoided for śrāddhas. The Brahmapurāṇa (220. 8-10) makes the somewhat startling remark that the following countries should be avoided for śrāddhas viz. the Kirāta country, Kaliṅga, Koṅkaṇa, Krimi (Krivi?), Daśārṇa, Kumārya (Cape Comorin), Taṅgaṇa, Kratha, the northern banks of the Sindhu river and the south bank of Narmadā and the east of the Karatoyā.