History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.99
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.99
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Aśauca, vide under 'adopted son', 'death,' 'food', 'kāyasthas', 'men,' 'pratiloma', 'sapiṇḍas', 'śuddhi' 'sūtaka', 'wife', 'women', 'yati'; agha is used often as a synonym for ā. 267-268, atīkrāntāśauca 282-284, birth and death are causes of ā only when they become known to the person to be affected 276. brāhmaṇa who has studied the vedas and kept vedic fires becomes free from impurity in one day, one who has only mastered the veda in three days, one devoid of both in ten days 270, defined by Mitākṣarā 268, derivation from the word 'śuci' 267, differing views in ancient times as to explanation of the origin of ā for ten days on birth and death 309;
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explanation of varying provisions on ā 288, impurity on birth 275, exceptions to rules about atīkrāntāśauca 284, five classes of cases in which rules about ā do not operate 296, for adopted son in case natural father or adoptive father dies or for natural father and adoptive father when the adopted son dies and for sapiṇḍas 280-281, for carrying a dead body for money 289, for father and sapiṇḍas on abortion, still-birth or after the birth of a child 275, for mother when there is abortion in the first four months of pregnancy or in later months of pregnancy or on still-birth or after birth 275, for slaves when masters die 292, form 'āśucya' is found in Devala and other smṛtis 267, general rules about ā 276-277, great divergence of views on question about the periods of ā, if a sapiṇḍa's death comes to one's ears more than ten days after death 283, Haradatta's definition of ā 268, in the case of an āhitāgni or non-āhitāgni dying in a different country whose bones even are not found and whose effigy is cremated 286, intensity of impurity was arranged on a descending scale in the following order viz asūtīkā (a freshly delivered woman), rajasvalā (a woman in monthly illness), death and birth 274, king's death required the residents of the country to observe ā up till the advent of the day or night next after the king's death 281-282, Manu and others mention several optional periods of impurity 270-271, 307, Manu and others urge men not to increase through laziness the number of days for which ā is to be observed 271, meaning of āśaucasannipāta 292 ff, meaning of life-long impurity 274;
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medieval brāhmaṇas attached exaggerated importance to ceremonial purity after ā 273, Mitākṣarā says that dictum Parāśara on periods of impurity should be discarded as opposed to several smṛtis and popular usage 272, most important subject under the head of suddhi is ā 267, atīkrāntāśauca for expiration birth 283, no periods of ā prescrib for pratiloma castes, but some say that they are like śūdras 288, no unanimity among smṛtis as to periods of ā on death 277ff, on birth ā lasted ten days even in the Vedic period 274, on death of a child for parents and sapiṇḍas before ten days from birth or before the striking of teeth, before *cūḍā* or *upanayana* or after upanayana 277-278, on death of a person after upanayana all sapiṇḍas had to undergo ā for ten days and all samānodakas for three days 277, on death of a girl after three years of age and before betrothal or after betrothal but before marriage and after marriage 278, period of ā. depended on several circumstances, such as the varṇa or on whether deceased was an infant or a male or a female or whether death was before or after upanayana or on the vicinity or otherwise of the deceased, the degree of relationship, the time that elapsed after birth or death 271-273, 286-287, periods of ā.
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for relatives in the case of *anuloma* or *pratiloma* marriages 488, periods of ā for four varṇas were respectively fixed at 10, 12, 15 days and a month 271, periods of 10 days of ā were fixed for men of all varṇas by some smṛtikāras such as Aṅgiras and Śātātapa and the reason for such fixation 271, 307, period of ā, for less than ten days on the ground of vedic learning was included among Kalivarjya 271, rules about ā on death of *bāndhus* such as maternal grand-father, grand-mother or maternal uncle, daughter's son and father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, wife's brother 279-280, rules about ā on the death of an ācārya, his wife or son or of a guru or pupil 281, rules about ā. apply only when times are easy and peaceful 306, rules about the period of ā when the knowledge of birth or death comes to a man after the periods fixed 282-284; sannipāta or sampāta of ā (another āśauca supervening while one is being undergone), rules of 292-294; several printed works and mss on ā are in verse 272-273, ten varieties of impurity, according to Dakṣa' 274, things that could be taken without taint from the house of one undergoing ā though not from his hand 291-92, two characteristics of ā.
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viz taking away the privilege of performing religious acts and rendering a person untouchable to others for some time, 268-269, two kinds of ā viz jananāśauca or sūtaka (arising on birth) and śāvāśauca or mṛtakāśauca (arising on death) 269, two varieties in each kind of ā viz for a short period and for a long period 269, two views as to the day from which period of ā is to be calculated, if a man died at night or news reached at night 287-288, usage of the country the most important in matters of ā 306, when calculating the period of ā, the day of cremation in the case of an āhitāgni and the day of death in the case of a non-āhitāgni is the first day 276, when a solemn sacrifice (like Somayāga) is begun or a marriage rite or festival in honour of mātṛs has started or the foundation or dedication of a temple or image is begun, supervening cause of ā does not matter 291, why birth and death should cause impurity to relations has not been discussed by most writers 269-270; woman's delivery or death at her father's or brother's house and at her husband's makes a difference as to ā 276, 278, women of all varṇas become touchable after ten days from delivery but they are not fit to take part in religious rites 30 or 40 days from birth according as a son or daughter is born 276; words like 'ahah' and 'rātriḥ' mean day and night in texts on ā. 276