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mother (only), because she is the immediate cause of that (event).
22. Now they quote also (the following verse): On the birth (of a child) the male does not become impure if he does not touch (the female); on that (occasion) the menstrual excretion must be known to be impure, and that is not found in males.
23. If during (a period of impurity) another (death or birth) happens, (the relatives) shall be pure after (the expiration of) the remainder of that (first period);
24. (But) if one night (and day only of the first period of impurity) remain, (they shall be pure) after two (days and nights);
25. (If the second death or birth happens) on the morning of the day on which the first period of impurity expires, they shall be purified) after three (days and nights).
26. A Brâhmana is freed from impurity (caused by a death or a birth) after ten days,
27. A Kshatriya after fifteen days, 28. A Vaisya after twenty days, 29. A Sadra after a month. 30. Now they quote also (the following verses): But (a twice-born man) who has eaten (the food) of a Sadra during impurity caused by a death or a
23. Vishnu XXII, 35.
24. Vishnu XXII, 36. 25. Vishnu XXII, 37. Krishnapandita explains prabhâte, on the morning of the day on which the first period of impurity expires),' in accordance with Nandapandita's explanation of Vishnu's text by during the last watch (of the last night of the period of impurity).' See also the slightly different explanation of the identical words by Haradatta, Gautama XIV, 8. 26. Vishnu XXII, 1.
29. Vishnu XXII, 4.
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