雑ぞう穢え

noun

various impurities; ritual defilements

Rare term referring to multiple sources of impurity, especially in traditional or religious contexts such as illness, menstruation, death, and childbirth. Mainly encountered in historical or scholarly texts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、死しや出しゅっ産さんを雑ぞう穢えとして避さける慣かん習しゅうが記しるされている。

  Ancient documents record customs of avoiding death and childbirth as various impurities.