Shloka 74
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
स्त्रीणां रजस्यवस्थानं तेषां कालांश्च मे शृणु ।
चत्वार्यहानि पूर्वाणि तथैवाऽन्यत् त्रयोदश ॥
strīṇāṃ rajasy-avasthānaṃ teṣāṃ kālāṃś ca me śṛṇu | catvāry ahāni pūrvāṇi tathaivānyat trayodaśa ||
Dengarlah daripadaku tentang keadaan haid pada wanita serta tempoh-tempoh yang berkaitan: empat hari yang pertama, dan demikian juga tiga belas hari yang berikutnya.
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FAQs
The passage reflects classical ācāra literature that systematizes domestic timing rules. Ethically, it underscores ordered living (niyama) and attentiveness to ritual calendars as understood in that tradition.
This is ācāra/dharma guidance, not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa element.
Time-segmentation can be read as a symbolic mapping of bodily cycles onto sacred order; the ‘counting of days’ encodes a discipline of aligning personal life with perceived cosmic rhythms.