History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.1007

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Śuddhi, see under 'āśauca', 'purity,' 'śauca', āśauca most important subject under 267, comprehensive term including purification after āśauca, purification of a person after contact with an impure object or person or certain evil occurrences and purification of food, pots, wells, temples &c after they are deemed to be polluted 267, emphasis on, laid as early as Ṛgveda 310, is an attribute, acc to Śuddhīviveka, that confers a capacity or privilege for the performance of all dharmas 269; literature on, is very extensive 270; Manu divides it into two, viz śuddhi after death (pretaśuddhi) and ś of things (dravyaśuddhi) 267, 309, means of purification 315-316, of dravya, is of two kinds, viz. purification of the body and of an external object 309; one desirous of, should perform Pavitreṣṭi 312; smṛtis contain extremely contradictory dicta, particularly on periods of impurity, with the result that the Mit remarks that the usages in its day were altogether different from those in the smṛtis 270