History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.1222

v5.c75.1222

Yati (ascetic) burial of, from ancient times to modern times 229-231, disposal of the bodies of four kinds of, 229, no cremation is done, nor water offered nor āśauca observed by sons and sapiṇḍas on death of, 230, 305; on death of, his sapiṇḍas have simply to undergo a bath and nothing more and a yati and brahmacārin have to observe no āśauca (except a bath) in all cases and at all times 281, 298, paraphernalia of, 229n, procedure of rites on death of, 229-230, procedure added by the Nirṇayasindhu and Dharmasindhu 230, reason why yatis were buried and not cremated 231