[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v5.c75.751 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.751 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.751 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c75.751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c75.751) Pollution, \*see purity, purification, śuddhi\*, excreta, urine, semen, blood, fat, marrow, intoxicants were held to be causes of great p. while dogs, village swine, cats, wax from ear, nails, phlegm, discharge from eyes and perspiration were the causes of insignificant p, 316, three kinds of soil when polluted, viz. amedhyā (impure), duṣṭā (soiled), malinā (dirty) with illustrations and means of purification 317-18 - [Previous: v5.c75.750](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c75.750) - [Next: v5.c75.752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c75.752) - [Up: v5.c75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c75) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c75.751](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c75.751) · Pramāṇa