The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

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VISHNU.

XXII, 44-

44. (He becomes pure) in one day, if the wife or
son of his teacher, or his Upadhyaya (sub-teacherT), or
his maternal uncle, or his father-in-law, or a brother-
in-law, or a fellow-student, or a pupil has died.
45. The impurity has the same duration (as in
the cases last mentioned), if the king of that country
in which he lives has died.
46. Likewise, if a man not his SapiWa has died
at his house.
47. The relatives of those who have been killed
by (falling from) a precipice, or by fire, or (have
killed themselves by) fasting, or (have been killed
by) water, in battle, by lightning, or by the king (on
account of a crime committed by them), do not
become impure ;
48. Nor do kings (become impure) while engaged
in the discharge of their duties (such as the protec-
tion of their subjects, the trial of lawsuits, &c.)
49. Devotees fulfilling a vow (also do not be-
come impure);
50. Nor do sacrificers engaged in a sacrificial
ceremony;
51. Nor workmen (such as carpenters or others)
while engaged in their work ;
52. Nor those who perform the king’s orders, if
the king wishes them to be pure.
53. Nor (can impurity arise) during the instal-
lation of the monument of a deity, nor during
44. 1 See XXIX, 2.
49. The term vratin, ‘a devotee fulfilling a vow,’ may be
referred to students as well, who, however, become impure by the
death of their parents. (Nand.)
53. A marriage ceremony is said to have actually begun when
the Nandimukha, or Nraddha preliminary to marriage, has taken
place. (Nand.)