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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 54.26

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 54.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [54.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.26)

yeṣāṃ dvijānāṃ sāvitrī nānūcyeta yathāvidhi  
tāṃś cārayitvā trīn kṛcchrān yathāvidhy upanāyayet //

> Those twice-born men, by whom the Gâyatrî has not been repeated (and the other initiatory ceremonies performed), as the law directs, must be made to perform three (Prâgâpatya) penances and must be initiated according to custom.  
> — 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.54.26) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra (ed. W. Caland, Lahore 1925, with the commentary extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka*caland.40.1.4) — Sanskrit

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