Pañcagavya
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pañcagavya · the five cow products · the five products of the cow
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
Pañcagavya, the five products of the cow, prescribed as a purificatory substance.
If one who is ritually impure from eating is touched by a dog or a *śūdra* (शूद्र), one is purified by fasting for a night and consuming *Pañcagavya* (पञ्चगव्य).
for drinking water, he should perform the consumption of *Pañcagavya* (पञ्चगव्य).
By the path of the moon, she is purified, and she is purified by *Pañcagavya* (पञ्चगव्य).
Parāśara Smṛti
The five products of the cow (urine, dung, milk, curd, ghee) combined with kuśa-water into a purifying preparation, described in ritual detail.
Cow's urine, cow dung, milk, curd, clarified butter, and water with Kuśa grass—this is specified as *pañcagavya* (पञ्चगव्य), holy and purifying from sin.
Copper vessels are purified with *pañcagavya* (पञ्चगव्य), and bronze vessels with ten applications of ash.
She should make a decoction of the root, leaf, flower, or fruit of the Śaṅkhapuṣpī plant with gold and *pañcagavya* (पञ्चगव्य), and drink the water.
Vīramitrodaya
Ritual mixture of five cow products, used in a simile for how a small impurity defiles a large pure quantity.
"Half a *ghaṭikā*, or a third part, or even a small amount, defiles the *tithi*, just as a drop of liquor defiles a full pot of the five products of the cow (*pañcagavya*).