[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) › 40.2 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 40.2 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 40.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.2) apātrīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā taptakṛcchreṇa śudhyati śītakṛcchreṇa vā bhūyo mahāsāṃtapanena vā // > He who has committed a crime rendering unworthy to receive alms, is purified by the penance Taptakrikkhra (in case he committed it knowingly), or by the penance Sîtakrikkhra (in case he did it unawares), or by the penance Mahâsântapana (in case it was committed) repeatedly. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.1) - [Next: 41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.41.1) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.40.2) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.7.2) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.40.2) · Pramāṇa