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GAUTAMA.
XIV, 22.
22. Likewise for a Srotriya who dwells in the same house.
23. On touching (i.e. on carrying out) a corpse from an interested motive, the impurity lasts for ten days.
24. (The duration of the impurity) of a Vaisya and of a Sadra' (in the same case) has been declared (by Satras 3-5).
25. Or (it shall last for these two) as many nights as there are seasons (in the year);
26. And (the same rule may be made applicable) to the two higher (castes).
27. Or (the impurity lasts) three days.
28. And if the teacher, his son or wife, a person for whom (a Brâhmana) sacrifices or a pupil (has been carried out, the duration of the impurity is) the same.
22. Manu V, 81.
23. The word upasparsana (literally touching) does not denote here simple touching. For below, Satra 30, bathing with the clothes on, will be prescribed for that. What does upasparsana then mean? It means carrying out a corpse. For that an impurity lasting ten days falls on the performer, provided that the carrying out be done for an object, i.e with the intention of gaining a fee or the like, not for the sake of doing one's duty The word impurity is here repeated in order to indicate that the impurity, here intended, differs from that described above. Hence the rules given below, Sætra 37, which prescribe sleeping and sitting on the ground and so forth, do not apply. (The word impurity) indicates (here) merely that the performer of the act) must not be touched, and has no right to perform sacred ceremonies).'-Haradatta.
25. Haradatta states that Gautama does not simply say 'six days,' because five seasons only are to be reckoned in the case of a Vaisya, and six in the case of a Sadra.
28. Haradatta asserts that mriteshu,' have died,' must be understood. But as both the preceding and the following Satras refer to
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| SR No. | 007687 |
| Book Title | Sacred Laws of Aryas |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Gorge Buhler |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1897 |
| Total Pages | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 36 MB |