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Results for अशौचम्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अशौचम्aśaucam1 Impurity, dirtiness, foulness; Pt.1.195.
1. 1 Impurity, dirtiness, foulness; Pt.1.195.
2. Legal impurity or contamination; defilement caused either by child-birth (called जननाशौच) or by the death of some relation (called मृताशौच); it lasts for 1 days; during the मृताशौच a person defiled by it is not to touch anybody else, or to eat with others in the 'same row or to do any sacred action; अहोरात्रमुपासी- रन्नशौचं बान्धवैः सह Ms.11.183.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अन्तः end of defilement.
- -संकरः blending or coming together of two or more defilements.
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