Āśauca
“ritual impurity from birth/death”
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āśauca · impurity · sūtaka · ritual impurity · birth or death impurity · purification after death · ritual impurity from birth · ritual impurity from death
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5 expressionsRitual impurity“āśauca”2 mentions
Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit) · Āṅgirasa Smṛti (Sanskrit)
There, when the death anniversary *śrāddha* is obstructed by ritual impurity (*āśauca*), it should be performed on the day after the end of the impurity.
Sūtaka / Āśauca“ritual impurity”2 mentions
Āṅgirasa Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Parāśara Smṛti (Sanskrit)
During ritual impurity from birth (*sūtyāśauca*) and ritual impurity from death (*mṛtāśauca*), one shall not perform Vedic *karma*.
Sūtaka“Ritual Impurity”1 mention
Āṅgirasa Smṛti (Sanskrit)
The ritual impurity (*sūtaka*) for their descendants is proclaimed for that long.
cremation and death impurity“āśauca”1 mention
Yājñavalkya Smṛti (Sanskrit)
The impurity from a death is desired to last for three nights or ten nights;
impurity from death“āśauca”1 mention
Manusmṛti (Sanskrit)
58 // Among *sapiṇḍas*, a ten-day period of impurity from a death is prescribed;
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The period of ritual impurity (sūtaka) observed by descendants and kin, graded by kinship proximity.
The ritual impurity (*sūtaka*) for their descendants is proclaimed for that long.
After them are those called *samānodaka* (sharing libations of water), and then the *sagotrins* (of the same clan).
**Ritual Impurity for Ten, Three, and One Day**
Manusmṛti
The state of ritual impurity incurred by death or birth within a kin group, governed by detailed time-based rules.
58 // Among *sapiṇḍas*, a ten-day period of impurity from a death is prescribed;
Parāśara Smṛti
Ritual impurity following birth or death, whose duration and conditions are extensively legislated according to caste, kinship, and circumstance.
Brāhmaṇas become pure in three days from the *sūtaka* (ritual impurity following a birth or death) of a deceased relative.
The impurity from a death (*śāvam āśauca*) affects all kinsmen, but the *sūtaka* from birth affects only the mother and father.
For one who has withdrawn from contact, there is neither impurity from death nor from birth.
Vīramitrodaya
The state of ritual impurity (āśauca), arising from birth or death in the family (or from a wound), which suspends most ancestral rites until it passes.
There, when the death anniversary *śrāddha* is obstructed by ritual impurity (*āśauca*), it should be performed on the day after the end of the impurity.
—by this previously cited verse, the performance at its end is enjoined only for birth and death impurity, not for the impurity of a wound;
And so, when the *śrāddha* is performed on the day after the end of a birth or death impurity, the rite of the preceding day should be performed on that day, because on the preceding day, due to the presence of the impurity, there is no entitlement.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The state of ritual impurity following a birth or death in the family, whose duration and remedy vary by caste, relationship, and manner of death.
For the *sapiṇḍas* of a Brāhmaṇa, the *āśauca* on account of a birth or death is ten days.
For wives and slaves, in the direct order of castes, the *āśauca* is the same as that of their master.
During *āśauca*, sacrifices, giving, receiving gifts, and Vedic study cease.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
The ritual impurity incurred by death or birth within a family, whose duration is variable by circumstance and status.
The impurity from a death is desired to last for three nights or ten nights;
The impurity from birth for the parents is due to the mother's seeing of the blood;
If a birth or death occurs within the period of another, one is purified by the remaining days;