Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/kantakazodhana/13/16

अश्व मेध अवभृथ स्नानेन तुल्यो हस्तिना वध इति पाद प्रक्षालनम् ॥

sanskrit

for death caused by an elephant is as meritorious as the sacred bath taken at the end of a horse-sacrifice. Hence this offer (of liquor, etc.), is known as „washing the legs.‟

english translation

azva medha avabhRtha snAnena tulyo hastinA vadha iti pAda prakSAlanam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/kantakazodhana/13/16

अश्व मेध अवभृथ स्नानेन तुल्यो हस्तिना वध इति पाद प्रक्षालनम् ॥

sanskrit

for death caused by an elephant is as meritorious as the sacred bath taken at the end of a horse-sacrifice. Hence this offer (of liquor, etc.), is known as „washing the legs.‟

english translation

azva medha avabhRtha snAnena tulyo hastinA vadha iti pAda prakSAlanam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript