[śucerbhāvaḥ aṇ] 1 Purity, clearness; kāke śaucaṃ dyūtakāre ca satyaṃ Pt. 1. 147.

2 Purification from personal defilement caused by voiding excrement, but parti- cularly by the death of a relative.

3 Cleansing, purifying.

4 Voiding of excrement.

5 Up- rightness, honesty. Comp. ācā- raḥ, karman n. kalpaḥ a purificatory rite. kūpaḥ a privy.