History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.801

v5.c75.801

Purification, see under 'food', of things, (*dravyas*) 312-333, divergence of views about p of various objects 316, five to seven means of p. of land, acc. to Vasiṣṭha, Yāj. and others 317, general rule for p of large quantities of corn, clothes and many other articles is that sprinkling with water suffices but if quantity small then washing with water necessary 329, of house when polluted, by sweeping or cowdunging, but far more p necessary if a dog, a śūdra, mleccha, cāṇḍāla or patita dies in it or cāṇḍāla stays in it 321-322; of gold and silver by water or fire (if pollution slight) 325, of cloth and yarn 330, means of purification of metallic things, earthenware, wooden things, of cloth, bones, iron 315, none for infants up to the time of anna- *prāśana* (taking cooked food for the first time), or up to one year or up to upanayana 312; matters to be considered in prescribing p. of polluted things are time, place, the body, the thing to be purified, the purpose for which the thing is to be used, origin of defilement, condition (of the thing) 316, of metals and precious stones 325-326, of idols or images made of iron or other metal or of stone 318-319; of temples when polluted 318-319; of water 322-323, of body by ācamana, bath etc 331-332, of small quantities of liquids (oil, ghee etc.) by two kuśas dipped in water and of large quantities by sprinkling water 330; of substances depended on many circumstances such as being metallic or not, solid or liquid, being large or small in quantity 331; of polluted corn and cooked food 328, procedure of p. of images polluted in various ways 319-320, procedure of p. of a well in which the dead body of an animal with five nails (man or beast) is found or it is extremely polluted 323, some birds or animals were always pure or deemed to be pure as to certain parts of the body such as a cow except as to its mouth, goats and horses as to their mouths 312-313, sprinkling with water is the mode of p. when large quantities of corn or clothes are polluted 314, substances that bring about p. of all polluted things are water, clay, paste of soap berries, bilva fruit, rice, mustard cake, salts, cow's urine and dung 314, of vessels and pots when slightly or extremely polluted 326-327, of vessels and implements used in Vedic sacrifices 327-328, water deemed even in the Ṛgveda to be a means of p 321, water and earth are to be employed for p. of things or bodies smeared with foul matter till the foul odour is removed 314, ways of p of ground 316-317, what things do not need p. and are always pure 312-14