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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 41.5

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 41.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.41.5)

malinīkaraṇīyeṣu taptakṛcchraṃ viśodhanam  
kṛcchrātikṛcchram atha vā prāyaścittaṃ viśodhanam //

> The penance ordained for crimes causing defilement is the Taptakrikkhra penance (if they were committed unintentionally), or they shall be atoned for by the Krikkhrâtikrikkhra penance (if they were committed intentionally).  
> — 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.41.5) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.8.5) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.169.25) — Sanskrit

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