History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.578

v7.c93.578

Atideśa is frequently resorted to by smṛtis and digests. For example, Yāj. I. 236 and 242 extend the procedure of Piṇḍapitṛyajña as regards *Agnaukaraṇa* and offering of piṇḍas to the Pārvaṇaśrāddha. The Parāśarasmṛti (VII. 18-19) speaks ²¹⁷⁶ of a woman in her monthly illness as a cāṇḍālī on the first day of the illness, as the murderess of a brāhmaṇa on the 2nd day and as a washerwoman on the 3rd day. The Par. M. remarks that the intention of calling such a woman by these names is to convey that intercourse with her will result in the same sin as would be incurred by a person of higher classes if he had intercourse with a cāṇḍālī &c. For an instance of express extension, vide V. M. pp 56–57 when it quotes a verse of Pitāmaha on the balance ordeal (in which the word 'yūpavat' is used) and remarks that atideśa is prescribed expressly by the word 'yūpavat'.