[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) › 54.25 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 54.25 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 54.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.25) ayājyayājanaṃ kṛtvā pareṣām antyakarma ca abhicāram ahīnaṃ ca tribhiḥ kṛcchrair vyapohati // > He who has (knowingly) offered a sacrifice for an unworthy person (such as a low-caste person, or an outcast), he who has performed the funeral rites for a stranger, he who has practised magic rites (in order to destroy an enemy), and he who has performed a sacrifice of the kind called Ahîna, (all those persons) may rid themselves of their sins by performing three Krikkhra (Prâgâpatya) penances. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 54.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.24) - [Next: 54.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.26) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.54.25) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (4) - [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.170.11) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.33.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.197) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.72.1.p1.26) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.25) · Pramāṇa