History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.1050.5

v5.c75.1050.5

sacrifices and various gifts are the means of cleansing the mind 563, t yields full fruit only if performed bare-footed 576, t. yields fruit to men of all varṇas and āśramas 563, use of bullock-cart condemned in Matsyapurāṇa as leading to hell and of other conveyances (not drawn by bulls) as fruitless, but Kūrma recommends to those who are unable to walk conveyances drawn by mules, horses or men 576, use of a conveyance is according to Kalpataru condemned only in pilgrimage to Prayāga 576, use of a vessel allowed 577, view that the institution of t was first started by Buddhists and Jains is wrong 558; was deemed very early to be a way of redemption of sins for men and women 569, was favoured by writers on Dharmaśāstra by prescribing that no money was to be demanded by a ferryman or a toll officer from a pilgrim, from a pregnant woman, from a vedic student, forest hermit or ascetic, but this was not followed even by Hindu kings 571, whether tonsure at the time of starting on a pilgrimage is obligatory 573, who are eligible for or have adhikāra for t 567-571, widows, ascetics and śūdras have to cut all hair on pilgrimage 575, women could not undertake t without husband's permission 569, works on, repel by their over-statements and exaggerations, when they state that pilgrimage to a particular tīrtha will yield all one's desires in this world and the next, that even gods secured perfection at Puṣkara, that Pṛthūdaka is the holiest of tīrthas etc. 565-566