History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.41

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⁸⁸¹ There is some divergence of views among the commentators about the meanings of certain words occurring in Manu III. 150-166. For reasons of space that matter is not discussed here in detail. A few points alone are noted here निराकृतिः is explained in two ways viz (1) one who does not perform the daily five Mahāyajñas, (2) one who after learning the Veda forgets it. The evil diseases are said by Devala to be eight 'उन्माद-स्त्वग्दोषो राजयक्ष्मा श्वासो मधुमेहौ भगन्दरो महोदरमश्मरीत्यष्टौ पापरोग़ाः', q by अपरार्क p. 451, स्मृतिच. (आ) p. 401. वृषली is explained in various ways by Skandapurāṇa VII 1. 205 77-80 as meaning a śūdra woman, as one who abandoning her husband cohabits with another, as a girl who is not married though she has reached the age of puberty, as a prostitute, as one who is sterile, or one all whose children are dead अग्रेदिधिषूपति :-When a younger sister gets married before her elder sister the former is called अग्रेदिधिषू while the latter is called दिधिषू. देवल says 'ज्येष्ठायां यद्यनूढायां कन्यायामुह्यतेऽनुजा । सा चाग्रेदिधिषू-र्ज्ञेया पूर्व्वा च दिधिषूमता ॥' q. by अपरार्क p 451, निका on या III. 265. अग्रेदिधिषू-पति is taken by मेधातिथि as equal to two words viz. अग्रेदिधिषू and दिधिषूपति. The latter means, according to the Amarakośa, the husband of a remarried woman, while the former means 'one who is the first husband of a remarried woman' पुनर्भूदिधिषूस्तृढा द्वित्तस्या दिधिषूः पति । स तु द्विजोग्रेदिधिषू सैव यस्य कुटुम्बिनी ॥ अमरकोश q. by हरदत्त on गौ 15 15. मनु. III 173 explains दिधिषूपति as one who lasciviously dallies with the widow of his deceased brother, though she be appointed (to bear a son by him) according to the sacred law. The स्मृतिs said that the brother appointed should cohabit as an act of duty and not through passion for the widow. Hemādri p 485 gives another meaning of अग्रेदिधिषू 'जीवत्तत्त्वाञ्छ आर्तभार्यायामनुरक्तोऽग्रेदिधिषू. '. वसिष्ठ I. 18 includes both अग्रेदिधिषू and दिधिषूपति among those who are called एनस्विन Even the तै ब्रा. III. 2.8. 12 mentions अग्रेदिधिषु as a sinner and आप ध सु (II. 5. 12. 22) mentions both.