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standing, nor do they practise the ātāpana,1 the onlshal mula and the abhrāvokāshaj yoga anstenties 4 The hohullal a belonging to the three higher tarnas (castes) who claim purity of descent on both the paternal and maternal sides, that is to say, both of those parents are of the same cama, is entitled to be admitted into sonnyāsa if Ha wishes to observe the sallekhana row, but not if he be descended from & mixed marriage, even though of the higher carnas 5 The instance of Prince Abbaya Kumar, boterer, shots this practice to be of recent angin as already noted Only a bhojya kudra can be alov. ed to become a Ishullaha ond an ellale, not the abhojyo ("the onestable with "') 6 The Ishullal a may get himself shared or bare bus hair cat with scissors, or pluck them out with his own hands, he may est from his own hand or from a plate He shears only one piece of cloth 7 The ellota is the superior type of the Ishullała who retains only the loin strip
THE PERIOD OF UNCLEANNESS The following periods have been fixed for uncleanness' consequent on death :For the death of a sca-jana (literally own man) (a) if a Brāhmana
5 days (b) of a Kshatnya
10 days (c) a Varsya
. 12 days NOTE-According to other acharyas, a Brahmana becomes cless after ten days; and a shotnya after only five days There is no uncleanness of the dead sra-jana, be a child, or s man belonging to & wrong faith who has performed sannyasa morana (ballet hanā) There is no need for observing the role of urcleanness when & person dies of drowning or by fire
1 The ätāpana 8 a form of yoga austerity in which the yogi remains in the son for a penod fixed
The cal sha müla 15 another form of yoga austerity in which the yogi remains under a tree for & fixed period
3 The abhrāralāsc signies a form of anstenty 20 which the Vogt spends all his time in but not under ebede
4 Ch 155 Ch 113 6 Cb 151 7 Ch 166 & C. 153 95 154
