(M89) The rule in the _Ordinances of Manu_ for the recovery of Brahman caste is just halfway between the tenth and the fourth generations--namely, the seventh, or _greatgrandson of the greatgrandson_ of the first halfcaste. This is only the case when each generation marries a Brahman wife.
"If (the caste) produced from a Brahman by a Çudra woman keeps reproducing itself by nobler (marriage) this ignoble attains a noble family _at the seventh union_ (Yuga)."(172)
If (1) the halfcaste marries a Brahman woman and (2) his son do. (3) his grandson do. (4) his _greatgrandson_ do. (5) _his_ son do. (6) his grandson do. (7) his _greatgrandson_ do.--at last his family is restored to their lost high caste.
§ 5. Limitations Of Liability For Bloodshed.
(M90) The { ~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH PSILI~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER CHI~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH OXIA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}, limited to relations within the same degrees as for other purposes, seems to be the unit in the case of pollution of the kindred by the death--violent or natural--of one of their number.
"Whosoever(173) being related to the deceased on the male or female side of those _within the cousinship_ ({ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH PSILI~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH VARIA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} { ~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH PSILI~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER PSI~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH OXIA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~}), shall not prosecute the murderer when he ought and proclaim him outlaw, he shall take _upon himself_ the pollution and the hatred of the gods ... and he shall be in the power of any who is willing to avenge the dead...."(174)
"The pollution cannot be washed out until the homicidal soul which did the deed has given life for life and has propitiated and laid to sleep the wrath of the whole family" ({ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER XI~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER GAMMA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON WITH OXIA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{ ~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}).(175)