History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.102

v5.c75.102

Ascetics, see under 'Nārāyaṇabali', 'yati'; general rule for, is that for eight months they must move from place to place and may spend four months of rainy season in one place, but this rule was abrogated when a entered Kāśī 611, great emphasis laid in some works on inviting them at a śrāddha dinner 388, 399; had to tonsure the whole head when undergoing prāyaścitta 123, have not to undergo the condition of *preta* and no ekoddiṣṭa nor sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is to be performed for them, but only pārvaṇa on 11th day after death 519, is not affected by āśauca 298, mahālayāśrāddha for, is to be performed on 12th day of Bhādrapada dark half 533, Vasiṣṭha and others insist that an a. must partake of flesh served at a śrāddha 423