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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 39.2

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 39.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [39.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.39.2)

saṃkarīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā māsam aśnīta yāvakam  
kṛcchrātikṛcchram atha vā prāyaścittaṃ tu kārayet //

> He who has committed a crime degrading to a mixed caste shall eat barley-gruel for a month (if he has committed it knowingly), or perform the penance Krikkhrâtikrikkhra (if he has committed it unawares).  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.39.2) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.6.2) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛtiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiviveka.8.1-3) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit

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