History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.732

v5.c75.732

Persons, cremating *patitas* through affection or offering water or śrāddha to them had to undergo prāyaścitta 301, declared by express texts as not liable to observe āśauca 305, that should be abandoned for certain actions of theirs 32n; that do not cause impurity to others while performing certain services to the community (such as physicians, barbers, craftsmen), although they may themselves be in āśauca 299-300; (persons) to whom some taint attaches (such as those who kill themselves by starting on the great journey to the Himālaya or by fast) do not cause periods of āśauca 300