[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 38.7 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 38.7 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 38.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.38.7) jātibhraṃśakaraṃ karma kṛtvānyatamam icchayā caret sāṃtapanaṃ kṛcchraṃ prājāpatyam anicchayā // > He who has knowingly committed one of the acts effecting loss of caste shall perform the Sântapana penance; he who has done so unawares shall perform the Prâgâpatya penance. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.38.6) - [Next: 39.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.39.1) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.38) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.38.7) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.5.5) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.38.7) · Pramāṇa