History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.99.3

v5.c75.99.3

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.