Ritual purity and impurity
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
impurity · purity · aśauca · rajasvalā
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The concept of ritual purity and impurity governing rivers, bodily states, and interpersonal contact during rites.
**The Great Rivers**
is supremely and singularly pure;
The great-grandfathers attain union with the supreme Lord (Pārameśvara).
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The concern with ritual purity and impurity that structures both the Diti/Maruts episode and the resolution of Ahalyā's curse.
", the gods honored Ahalyā, whose body had been purified by the power of austerity, who was now devoted to Gautama's will.
Seeing her impure — her hair on the feet's side, her feet placed where the head should be — Śakra laughed and was delighted.
Having spoken thus to Śakra, when midday had come, the goddess Diti was overcome by sleep, having placed her feet where her head should be.