Re: Asaucham & Nitya karmA

From the Bhakti List Archives

• February 27, 1999


Sriman Narayana,

Dear BhAgavadOttamAs,

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	Sri Vijayaraghava swamy wrote:
	5.  Vijayaraman, please if you can summarize the duration of
	Asaucham that will be helpful to people to at least avoid going
	to the temple.
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Honestly, adiyen is neither qualified nor possess that much
knowledge/requisite material on this subject and hence it would be a great
injustice to dharma sAstrAs if adiyen give half-cooked information. Perhaps,
being in brahmacharyAshram adiyen did not bother too much to find out the
duration of Asaucham as brahmachAri & kanyA strI (*) are not affected by the
Asaucham. Learned members like Sri Sadagopan swamy & Sri Mani swamy could
enlighten us on that.

dAsan
Vijayaraman

(*) except when he/she is the kartA for performing the funeral rites, and
that too is cleared after the bath.