History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.929

v5.c75.929

Śauca, see under 'purity', 'śuddhi', consists in avoiding abhakṣya (what ought not to be eaten), by association with those only who are uncondemned, and firmly abiding by one's prescribed duties 310, four kinds of, acc. to a smṛti viz monetary, mental, bodily and of speech 310, is one of the five niyamas of Yoga 311, ' means removal by means of clay, water, cowdung and the like of the besmearing, the oiliness and odour of a thing that causes impurity 314, mental attitude is the highest thing in, acc. to Padmapurāṇa 310, of two kinds, bāhya (of the body) and ābhyantara, the latter being superior to the former 310, Vanaparva speaks of three kinds of, viz. in speech, actions and that brought about by water 310