History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.961

v5.c75.961

Smṛtis, conflict of, on the periods of impurity, resolved in various ways by Madanapārijāta 270n; contain varying details of the same rite 89; one view is that details of all smṛtis should be combined, if not in conflict 89-90, prescribe prāyaścittas for brāhmaṇas partaking of śrāddha food 387, put uncleanliness on birth and that on death on the same level 309; 'sarva-śākhā-pratyaya-nyāya' applied to 89-90; some authors like Viśvarūpa held the view that details about a prāyaścitta in each smṛti should be kept separate and not combined 90