Part 3.8 - Upalaksana

REFERENCE MS. V.78. Равѕаде - пл. पुनः शब्दश्च समानजातीयापेक्षया समर्थनरो भाते। विप्र ग्रहणमध्या शौचिनामुपलक्षणार्थम् | ( [punaḥ śabdaśca samānajātīyāpekṣayā samarthanaro bhāte| vipra grahaṇamadhyā śaucināmupalakṣaṇārtham | (] Medhälithi on ms v-78) 608 Translation
It is in this sense that the use of the term 'another' becomes more
justifiably significant.
* The term 'Brahmaṇa' also is meant to stand for persons observing
the impurity.
Explanation -
1 While commenting on the expression 'Vipra' in the second line of the
stanza of the Manusmrti V.78 Medhätithi points out that the term 'Vipra'
in the sense of a Brahmin is illustrative here and it makes the inclusion
of other persons observing the period of impurity.
It may be noted here that Medhātithi has not quoted any Smrti text
to support the above interpretation as a case of Upalaksana.
Raghavananda in his comments on the expression Vipra' also takes it as
referring to the persons of the four castes but he has not used the
expression Upalaksana though the exact import of the expression comes very
near to the term Upalaksana.
1.
अन्तर्दशाहे चेयातां पुनर्भरण जन्मनी ।
ताव स्यादशुचिर्विप्रो यावत्तस्यादनिर्दशम् ॥ ५-७८ ॥
[antardaśāhe ceyātāṃ punarbharaṇa janmanī |
tāva syādaśucirvipro yāvattasyādanirdaśam || 5-78 ||
] MS-P-421 (G-E)
2. विप्रवदं चातुर्वर्ण्य परम् । [vipravadaṃ cāturvarṇya param | ] / (Raghavananda)-MS Vol.III,p.86.