शौक्ल्य शौचिक

शौच

शौच [शुचेर्भावः अण्]
1 Purity, clearness; काके शौचं द्यूतकारे च सत्यं Pt. 1. 147.
2 Purification from personal defilement caused by voiding excrement, but particularly by the death of a relative.
3 Cleansing, purifying.
4 Voiding of excrement.
5 Uprightness, honesty.
−Comp.
−आचा- रः, −कर्मन् n.
−कल्पः a purificatory rite.
−कूपः a privy.

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