History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.68
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.68
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¹²⁸⁸ A householder is said to be of two sorts, śālīna and yāyāvara. The latter is one who subsists by picking up grains that fall down when the corn that is reaped is taken from the fields to the house or threshing floor or who does not accumulate wealth or who does not earn his livelihood by officiating as a priest or by teaching or by accepting gifts. Vide H. of Dh. vol II. pp. 641-642 and notes 1501-1504. For the three debts to Gods, Manes and sages, vide. H of Dh. vol II. pp. 270 and 425