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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.76

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 76

अशौचव्यवस्थाThe rules of impurity

Verse 76

द्विजातीनां दशाहेन द्वादशाहेन पक्षतः । शूद्रसामान्ययोर्देवि मासेनाशौचकल्पना ॥ ७६ ॥

dvijātīnāṁ daśāhēna dvādaśāhēna pakṣataḥ | śūdrasāmānyayōrdēvi māsēnāśaucakalpanā || 76 ||

Translation

For the twice-born, impurity lasts ten days, twelve days and a fortnight; for śūdras and the common class, O Goddess, a month.

Word by word

dvijātīnāṁ
for the twice-born
daśa
ten
ahēna
days
dvādaśa
twelve
pakṣataḥ
(pakṣataḥ) a fortnight
śūdra
for śūdras
sāmānyayōḥ
and the common class
dēvi
O Goddess
māsēna
a month
aśauca
of impurity
kalpanā
the reckoning

Meaning

The ṭīkā: ten days for brāhmaṇas, twelve for kṣatriyas, fifteen for vaiśyas, thirty for śūdras and the sāmānya. This is the text's own scheme of the classes.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Dvijātīnām" and the rest. On the death of a sapiṇḍa who has had the investiture, and on the birth of a child, the reckoning of impurity for the twice-born, brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, is to be known as ten days, twelve days and a fortnight (pakṣa) respectively; and for śūdras and the common class the reckoning is a month. For the śūdra and the common class marriage is to be understood in the place of the investiture.