[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.c74.98 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.98 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.98 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c74.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.98) The Prāyaścittatattva of Raghunandana quotes from the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa some verses which enumerate fourteen acts that a pilgrim has to give up after reaching the Ganges viz. \*śauca\* (punctilious performance of bodily purification), ācamana (sipping water on various occasions in the day), hair (dressing), wearing \*nirmālya\* (flowers taken away after being offered in worship), repeating the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn (Ṛg. 190. 1-3), shampooing the body, sports, acceptance of gifts, sexual dalliance, devotion to another tīrtha, praising another tīrtha, the gift to others of clothes (worn by oneself), striking any one and swimming across the water of the \*tīrtha\*. - [Previous: v5.c74.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.97) - [Next: v5.c74.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.99) - [Up: v5.c74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74) ## Cites (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.90.1) — Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.98) · Pramāṇa