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The text describes a sequence for conception: the husband keeps away from the menstruating woman for three days; on the fourth day she bathes, adorns herself and eats a good meal including…

A man whose semen is pure and who has himself kept celibacy for a month (the verse: a month or more) unites, with care, with a woman whose artava is pure (the commentary: who has also kept…

A man with pure semen who has kept celibacy for a month unites with care with a woman with pure artava from the fourth-day bath onward; the commentary explains that the first three days are…

The husband keeps away from the woman for three days; on the fourth day she bathes, adorns herself auspiciously and eats well, including warm khichdi with oil, while he eats food rich in…

During her period a woman should, like an ascetic, wholly give up violence and the other four sins and keep silence and similar vows; for three days she avoids garlands, ornaments and…