Agni Purana — Chapter 157
AgP 157.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे द्रव्यशुद्धिर्नाम षट्पञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५७} :श् अथ सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः शावाशौचादिः पुष्कर उवाच प्रेतशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूतिकाशुध्हिमेव च दशाहं शावमाशौचं सपिण्देषु विधीयते
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dravyaśuddhirnāma ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {157} :ś atha saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śāvāśaucādiḥ puṣkara uvāca pretaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi sūtikāśudhhimeva ca daśāhaṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ sapiṇdeṣu vidhīyate
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred fifty-sixth chapter, called "The Purification of Substances." [Chapter 157] Now the one hundred fifty-seventh chapter, on the impurity caused by a death, etc. Puṣkara said: I shall declare the purification (required) for a dead person, and likewise the purification of a woman who has given birth. Ten days of death-impurity is prescribed among those who share the funeral cake (sapiṇḍas).
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AgP 157.2
जनने च तथा शुद्धिर्ब्राह्मणानां भृगूत्तम द्वादशाहेन राजन्यः पक्षाद्वैश्यो ऽथ मासतः
janane ca tathā śuddhirbrāhmaṇānāṃ bhṛgūttama dvādaśāhena rājanyaḥ pakṣādvaiśyo 'tha māsataḥ
And likewise at a birth, O best of the Bhṛgus, (this is) the purification of brahmins; a kṣatriya (is purified) after twelve days, a vaiśya after a fortnight, and then a (śūdra) after a month.
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AgP 157.3
शूद्रो ऽनुलोमतो दासे स्वामितुल्यन्त्वशौचकं षट्भिस्त्रिभिरथैकेन क्षत्रविट्शूद्रयोनिषु
śūdro 'nulomato dāse svāmitulyantvaśaucakaṃ ṣaṭbhistribhirathaikena kṣatraviṭśūdrayoniṣu
A śūdra (is purified) by the direct order (of the rule); in the case of a slave the impurity is equal to that of his master. By six, by three, and by one (day, respectively), in the case of births in kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra wombs,
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AgP 157.4
ब्राह्मणः शुद्धिमाप्नोति क्षत्रियस्तु तथैव च विट्शूद्रयोनेः शुद्धिः स्यात् क्रमात् परशुरामक
brāhmaṇaḥ śuddhimāpnoti kṣatriyastu tathaiva ca viṭśūdrayoneḥ śuddhiḥ syāt kramāt paraśurāmaka
the brahmin attains purity, and the kṣatriya likewise; and the purification of one of vaiśya or śūdra womb should be in the (same) order, O Paraśurāma.
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AgP 157.5
षड्रात्रेण त्रिरात्रेण षड्भिः शूद्रे तथा विशः :प् १३० आदन्तजननात् सद्य आचूडान्नैशिकी श्रुतिः(१)
ṣaḍrātreṇa trirātreṇa ṣaḍbhiḥ śūdre tathā viśaḥ :p 130 ādantajananāt sadya ācūḍānnaiśikī śrutiḥ(1)
by six nights, by three nights, by six for a śūdra, and likewise for a vaiśya. Before the teeth appear (purification is) immediate; before the tonsure, (it lasts) one night — so the sacred text (says).
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AgP 157.6
त्रिरात्रमाव्रतादेशाद्दशरात्रमतः परं ऊनत्रैवार्षिके शूद्रे पञ्चाहाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते
trirātramāvratādeśāddaśarātramataḥ paraṃ ūnatraivārṣike śūdre pañcāhācchuddhiriṣyate
Three nights up to the enjoining of the vow (of initiation); after that, ten nights. For a śūdra less than three years old, purification by five days is held (proper).
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AgP 157.7
द्वादशाहेने शुद्धिः स्यादतीते वत्सरत्रये गतैः संवत्सरैः षड्भिः शुद्धिर्मासेन कीर्तिता
dvādaśāhene śuddhiḥ syādatīte vatsaratraye gataiḥ saṃvatsaraiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ śuddhirmāsena kīrtitā
There would be purification by twelve days when three years have passed; when six years have passed, purification is declared (to take) a month.
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AgP 157.8
स्त्रीणामकृतचूडानां विशुद्धिर् नैशिकी स्मृता तथा च कृतचुडानां त्र्यहाच्छुद्ध्यन्ति बान्धवाः
strīṇāmakṛtacūḍānāṃ viśuddhir naiśikī smṛtā tathā ca kṛtacuḍānāṃ tryahācchuddhyanti bāndhavāḥ
For females whose tonsure has not been performed, the purification is said to be of one night; and likewise, in the case of those whose tonsure has been performed, the kinsmen become pure after three days.
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AgP 157.9
विवाहितासु नाशौचं पितृपक्षे विधीयते पितुर्गृहे प्रसूतानां विशुद्धिर् नैशिकी स्मृता
vivāhitāsu nāśaucaṃ pitṛpakṣe vidhīyate piturgṛhe prasūtānāṃ viśuddhir naiśikī smṛtā
In the case of married women, no impurity is prescribed for the father's side; for those who have given birth in their father's house, the purification is said to be of one night.
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AgP 157.10
सूतिका दशरात्रेण शुद्धिमाप्नोति नान्यथा विवाहिता हि चेत् कन्या म्रियते पितृवेश्मनि
sūtikā daśarātreṇa śuddhimāpnoti nānyathā vivāhitā hi cet kanyā mriyate pitṛveśmani
A woman who has given birth attains purity by ten nights, not otherwise. But if a married girl dies in her father's house,
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AgP 157.11
तस्यास्त्रिरात्राच्छुद्ध्यन्ति बान्धवा नात्र संशयः समानं लब्धशौचन्तु प्रथमेन समापयेत्
tasyāstrirātrācchuddhyanti bāndhavā nātra saṃśayaḥ samānaṃ labdhaśaucantu prathamena samāpayet
her kinsmen become pure after three nights — there is no doubt in this. But an impurity of the same (kind) that has been incurred one should complete along with the first (impurity);
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AgP 157.12
असमानं द्वितीयेन धर्मराजवचो यथा देशान्तरस्थः श्रुत्वा तु कुल्याणां मरणोद्भवौ
asamānaṃ dvitīyena dharmarājavaco yathā deśāntarasthaḥ śrutvā tu kulyāṇāṃ maraṇodbhavau
one not of the same (kind), by the second — such is the word of the King of Dharma. But one who is staying in another country, having heard of a death or a birth among his kinsmen,
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AgP 157.13
यच्छेषं दशरात्रस्य तावदेवशुचिर्भवेत् अतीते दशरात्रे तु त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्
yaccheṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvadevaśucirbhavet atīte daśarātre tu trirātramaśucirbhavet
is impure for just so much as remains of the ten nights; but if the ten nights have passed, he is impure for three nights.
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AgP 157.14
तथा संवत्सरे ऽतीते स्नात एव विशुद्ध्यति मातामहे तथातीते आचार्ये च तथा मृते
tathā saṃvatsare 'tīte snāta eva viśuddhyati mātāmahe tathātīte ācārye ca tathā mṛte
So too, when a year has passed, he becomes pure merely by bathing; and likewise when (a year) has passed in the case of the maternal grandfather, and likewise when a teacher has died.
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AgP 157.15
रात्रिभिर्मासतुल्याभिर्गर्भस्रावे विशोधनं सपिण्दे ब्राह्मणे वर्णाः सर्व एवाविशेषतः
rātribhirmāsatulyābhirgarbhasrāve viśodhanaṃ sapiṇde brāhmaṇe varṇāḥ sarva evāviśeṣataḥ
In a miscarriage, the purification is by nights equal (in number) to the months (of pregnancy). When a brahmin sapiṇḍa (has died), all the classes (are affected) without distinction.
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AgP 157.16
:न् १ आचडान्नैशिकी तथेति ट॥ :प् १३१ दशरात्रेण शुद्ध्यन्ति द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः वैश्याः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रा मासेन भार्गव
:n 1 ācaḍānnaiśikī tatheti ṭa.. :p 131 daśarātreṇa śuddhyanti dvādaśāhena bhūmipaḥ vaiśyāḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdrā māsena bhārgava
[Note 1: manuscript ṭa reads "ācūḍān naiśikī tathā."] They become pure by ten nights; a king by twelve days, vaiśyas by fifteen days, śūdras by a month, O Bhārgava.
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AgP 157.17
उच्छिष्टसन्निधावेकं तथा पिण्डं निवेदयेत् कीर्तयेच्च तथा तस्य नमगोत्रे समाहितः
ucchiṣṭasannidhāvekaṃ tathā piṇḍaṃ nivedayet kīrtayecca tathā tasya namagotre samāhitaḥ
He should present one funeral cake likewise, near the leftover food, and, collected in mind, should pronounce his (the dead man's) name and lineage.
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AgP 157.18
भुक्तवत्सु द्विजेन्द्रेषु पूजितेषु धनेन च(१) विसृष्टाक्षततोयेषु गोत्रनामानुकीर्तनैः
bhuktavatsu dvijendreṣu pūjiteṣu dhanena ca(1) visṛṣṭākṣatatoyeṣu gotranāmānukīrtanaiḥ
When the foremost brahmins have eaten and have been honoured with money, and when water with unhusked grains has been poured out with the recitations of lineage and name,
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AgP 157.19
चतुरङ्गुलविस्तारं तत्खातन्तावदन्तरं वितस्तिदीर्घं कर्तव्यं विकर्षूणां तथा त्रयं
caturaṅgulavistāraṃ tatkhātantāvadantaraṃ vitastidīrghaṃ kartavyaṃ vikarṣūṇāṃ tathā trayaṃ
that pit should be made four fingers wide, with the same (four fingers) as the interval, and a span long; and likewise three trenches.
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AgP 157.20
विकर्षूणां समीपे च ज्वालयेज् ज्वलनत्रयं सोमाय वह्नये राम यमाय च समासतः
vikarṣūṇāṃ samīpe ca jvālayej jvalanatrayaṃ somāya vahnaye rāma yamāya ca samāsataḥ
And near the trenches he should kindle three fires — for Soma, for Agni, and for Yama, O Rāma — to state it briefly.
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AgP 157.21
जुहुयादाहुतीः सम्यक् सर्वत्रैव चतुस्त्रयः पिण्डनिर्वपणं कुर्यात् प्राग्वदेव पृथक् पृथक्
juhuyādāhutīḥ samyak sarvatraiva catustrayaḥ piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ kuryāt prāgvadeva pṛthak pṛthak
He should properly offer the oblations, in every case three (times) four; he should make the setting down of the piṇḍas just as before, each one separately.
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AgP 157.22
अन्नेन दध्ना मधुना तथा मांसेन पूरयेत् मध्ये चेदधिमासः स्यात् कुर्यादभ्यधिकन्तु तत्
annena dadhnā madhunā tathā māṃsena pūrayet madhye cedadhimāsaḥ syāt kuryādabhyadhikantu tat
He should fill (them) with food, with curd, with honey, and with meat; and if there is an intercalary month in the middle, he should perform that additional (rite) too.
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AgP 157.23
अथवा द्वादशाहेन सर्वमेतत् समापयेत् संवत्सरस्य मध्ये च यदि स्यादधिमासकः
athavā dvādaśāhena sarvametat samāpayet saṃvatsarasya madhye ca yadi syādadhimāsakaḥ
Or else he may complete all this within twelve days; and if in the middle of the year there should be an intercalary month,
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AgP 157.24
तदा द्वादशके श्राद्धे कार्यं तदधिकं भवेत् संवत्सरे समाप्ते तु श्राद्धं श्राद्धवदाचरेत्
tadā dvādaśake śrāddhe kāryaṃ tadadhikaṃ bhavet saṃvatsare samāpte tu śrāddhaṃ śrāddhavadācaret
then in the twelfth-day śrāddha that extra (offering) should be made. But when the year is completed, he should perform the śrāddha in the manner of a (regular) śrāddha.
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AgP 157.25
प्रेताय तत ऊर्धवं च तस्यैव पुरुषत्रये पिण्डान् विनिर्वपेत्तद्वच्चतुरस्तु समाहितः
pretāya tata ūrdhavaṃ ca tasyaiva puruṣatraye piṇḍān vinirvapettadvaccaturastu samāhitaḥ
Then, after that, for the deceased and for the three generations of his (forefathers), he should set down the piṇḍas in the same way — four (of them) — with concentrated attention.
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AgP 157.26
सम्पूज्य दत्वा पृथिवी समाना इति चाप्यथ :न् १ धनेषु चेति क॥ , ख॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् १३२ योजयेत् प्रेतपिण्डं तु पिण्डेष्वन्येषु भार्गव
sampūjya datvā pṛthivī samānā iti cāpyatha :n 1 dhaneṣu ceti ka.. , kha.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 132 yojayet pretapiṇḍaṃ tu piṇḍeṣvanyeṣu bhārgava
Having worshipped and given (the offering) with (the verses) "pṛthivī" and "samānāḥ" and then "dhaneṣu ca," he should join the piṇḍa of the deceased to the other piṇḍas, O Bhārgava.
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AgP 157.27
प्रेतपात्रं च पात्रेषु तथैव विनियोजयेत् पृथक् पृथक् प्रकर्तव्यं कर्मैतत् कर्मपात्रके
pretapātraṃ ca pātreṣu tathaiva viniyojayet pṛthak pṛthak prakartavyaṃ karmaitat karmapātrake
And he should likewise dispose of the vessel of the deceased among the (other) vessels; this rite is to be performed separately for each, upon the ritual vessel.
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AgP 157.28
मन्त्रवर्जमिदं कर्म शूद्रस्य तु विधीयते सपिण्डीकरणं स्त्रीणां कार्यमेवं तदा भवेत्(१)
mantravarjamidaṃ karma śūdrasya tu vidhīyate sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ strīṇāṃ kāryamevaṃ tadā bhavet(1)
This rite is prescribed for a śūdra without mantras; the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of women should likewise be done in this way.
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AgP 157.29
श्राद्धं कुर्याच्च प्रत्यब्दं प्रेते कुम्भान्नमब्दकं गङ्गायाः सिकता धारा यथा वर्षति वासवे
śrāddhaṃ kuryācca pratyabdaṃ prete kumbhānnamabdakaṃ gaṅgāyāḥ sikatā dhārā yathā varṣati vāsave
And he should perform the śrāddha each year, (giving) a pot of food yearly for the deceased. The sands of the Gaṅgā, and the streams when Indra rains,
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AgP 157.30
शक्या गणयितुं लोके नत्वतीताः पितामहाः काले सततगे स्थैर्यं नास्ति तस्मात् क्रियां चरेत्
śakyā gaṇayituṃ loke natvatītāḥ pitāmahāḥ kāle satatage sthairyaṃ nāsti tasmāt kriyāṃ caret
can be counted in the world, but not the forefathers who have passed away. Since time moves on ceaselessly, there is no permanence; therefore one should perform the rite.
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AgP 157.31
देवत्वे यातनास्थाने प्रेतः श्राद्धं कृतं लभेत् नोपकुर्यान्नरः शोचन् प्रेतस्यात्मन एव वा
devatve yātanāsthāne pretaḥ śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ labhet nopakuryānnaraḥ śocan pretasyātmana eva vā
Whether in the state of a god or in a place of torment, the deceased receives the śrāddha that has been performed. A man by grieving does no good either to the deceased or to himself.
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AgP 157.32
भृग्वग्निपाशकाम्भोभिर्मृतानामात्मघातिनां पतितानां च नाशौचं विद्युच्छस्त्रहताश् च ये
bhṛgvagnipāśakāmbhobhirmṛtānāmātmaghātināṃ patitānāṃ ca nāśaucaṃ vidyucchastrahatāś ca ye
For those who have died by a fall from a height, by fire, by a noose, or by water, for suicides, and for the fallen, there is no impurity — nor for those killed by lightning or by a weapon.
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AgP 157.33
यतिब्रतिब्रह्मचारिनृपकारुकदीक्षिताः राजाज्ञाकारिणो(२) ये च स्नायाद्वै प्रेतगाम्यपि
yatibratibrahmacārinṛpakārukadīkṣitāḥ rājājñākāriṇo(2) ye ca snāyādvai pretagāmyapi
Ascetics, vow-keepers, brahmacārins, kings, artisans, the consecrated, and those who carry out the king's command — (for them there is no impurity); but one who has gone (touching) a corpse should indeed bathe.
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AgP 157.34
मैथुने कटधूमे च सद्यः स्नानं विधीयते द्विजं न निर्हरेत्(३) प्रेतं शूद्रेण तु कथञ्चन
maithune kaṭadhūme ca sadyaḥ snānaṃ vidhīyate dvijaṃ na nirharet(3) pretaṃ śūdreṇa tu kathañcana
After intercourse and after (contact with) the smoke of the corpse-mat, immediate bathing is prescribed. One should never have a twice-born man's corpse carried out by a śūdra,
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AgP 157.35
न च शूद्रं द्विजेनापि तयोर्दोषो हि जायते(४) अनाथविप्रप्रेतस्य वहनात् स्वरगलोकभाक्
na ca śūdraṃ dvijenāpi tayordoṣo hi jāyate(4) anāthaviprapretasya vahanāt svaragalokabhāk
nor a śūdra's by a twice-born, for a fault arises for both of them. By carrying the corpse of a kinless brahmin one gains a share in heaven;
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AgP 157.36
:न् १ कार्यमेव तथा भवेदिति छ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च । कार्यमेतत्तथा भवेदिति झ॥ २ राजाज्ञाकारका इति ट॥ ३ न निर्दहेदिति ख॥ ४ तयोर्दोषो ऽभिजायते इति ङ॥ :प् १३३ सङ्ग्रामे जयमाप्नोति प्रेते ऽनाथे च काष्ठदः सङ्कल्प्य बान्धवं प्रेतमपसव्येन तां चितिं
:n 1 kāryameva tathā bhavediti cha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca / kāryametattathā bhavediti jha.. 2 rājājñākārakā iti ṭa.. 3 na nirdahediti kha.. 4 tayordoṣo 'bhijāyate iti ṅa.. :p 133 saṅgrāme jayamāpnoti prete 'nāthe ca kāṣṭhadaḥ saṅkalpya bāndhavaṃ pretamapasavyena tāṃ citiṃ
...he obtains victory in battle, and (so does) one who gives wood for a deceased man who has no kin. Having resolved upon the deceased as a kinsman, (going) leftwards around that pyre,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 157.37
परिक्रम्य ततः स्नानं कुर्युः सर्वे सवाससः प्रेताय च तथा दद्युस्त्रींस्त्रींश् चैवोदकाञ्जलीन्
parikramya tataḥ snānaṃ kuryuḥ sarve savāsasaḥ pretāya ca tathā dadyustrīṃstrīṃś caivodakāñjalīn
having circumambulated (it), then all of them should bathe with their clothes on, and they should offer to the deceased three handfuls of water each.
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AgP 157.38
द्वार्यश्मनि पदं दत्वा प्रविशेयुस् तथा गृहं अक्षतान्निक्षिपेद्वह्नौ निम्बपत्रं विदश्य च
dvāryaśmani padaṃ datvā praviśeyus tathā gṛhaṃ akṣatānnikṣipedvahnau nimbapatraṃ vidaśya ca
Setting foot on a stone at the door, they should then enter the house; one should throw unhusked grains into the fire and chew a nimba leaf.
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AgP 157.39
पृथक् शयीरन् भूमौ च क्रीतलब्धाशनो भवेत् एकः पिण्दो दशाहे तु श्मश्रुकर्मकरः शुचिः
pṛthak śayīran bhūmau ca krītalabdhāśano bhavet ekaḥ piṇdo daśāhe tu śmaśrukarmakaraḥ śuciḥ
They should sleep separately and on the ground, and one should eat food that is bought or received (as a gift). On the tenth day there is a single piṇḍa, and he who performs the shaving becomes pure.
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AgP 157.40
सिद्धार्थकैस्तिलैर् विद्वान् मज्जेद्वासोपरं दधत्(१) अजातदन्ते तनये शिशौ गर्भस्रुते तथा
siddhārthakaistilair vidvān majjedvāsoparaṃ dadhat(1) ajātadante tanaye śiśau garbhasrute tathā
The learned man should bathe with white mustard seeds and sesame, putting on another garment. Likewise, when a son whose teeth have not yet appeared, an infant, or a miscarried fetus (dies),
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AgP 157.41
कार्यो नैवाग्निसंस्कारो नैव चास्योदकक्रिया चतुर्थे च दिनेकार्यस् तथास्थ्नां चैव सञ्चयः
kāryo naivāgnisaṃskāro naiva cāsyodakakriyā caturthe ca dinekāryas tathāsthnāṃ caiva sañcayaḥ
no fire-rite (cremation) is to be performed, nor any water-offering for him; and on the fourth day the gathering of the bones is likewise to be done.
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AgP 157.42
अस्थिसञ्चयनादूर्ध्वमङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते ॥४२
asthisañcayanādūrdhvamaṅgasparśo vidhīyate //42
From the gathering of the bones onward, the touching of the body is permitted. (42)
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