History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.425

v5.c71.s1.425

Manu XI 124 (= Viṣṇu Dh S. 38 7) prescribes the penance of Sāntapana for committing with full knowledge any of the deeds described above as *jātibhraṁśakara* and the penance of Prājāpatya for doing it unintentionally For doing any of the deeds called *saṅkarīkaraṇa* or *apātrīkaraṇa* described above, Manu XI 125 prescribes the penance of cāndrāyaṇa for a month and for doing any of the deeds called *malāvaha* prescribes that the perpetrator should scald himself with barley gruel for three days Those two verses of Manu occur in Agnipurāna (170. 23-25). Viṣṇu Dh. S. (39.2, 40.2, 41 5) prescribes somewhat different penances for saṅkarı̄karaṇa, apātrı̄karaṇa or malinı̄karaṇı̄ya deeds Vide also the Mit on Yāj III. 290 for the penances prescribed for these deeds by Yama and Bṛhaspati. About miscellaneous *pātakas* the rule laid down by Manu XI. 209, Viṣṇu Dh S 42 2, Yāj. III 294 and others is that the penance should be prescribed by the brāhmaṇas after taking into account the nature of the deed, the ability of the perpetrator and other circumstances of time and place &c.