History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.490

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Kṛcchrātikṛcchra—Gaut. 26.20 and Sāma. Br. I. 2. 8, Vas. 24 3 define it as a kṛcchra where only water is drunk on those days on which food is allowed and Gaut. 26.23 and Sāma. Br. I 2 9 state that this penance frees a man from all sins. ³⁰⁵ Yāj. III. 320 (= Devala 86, first half) and Brahmapurāṇa q. by Pr. Pr. (folio 40 a) prescribe that in this one has to subsist on water alone for 21 days. This difference between the views of Yāj on the one hand and of Gaut. on the other is reconciled by the digests by saying that the period depends on the capacity of the sinner. According to Pr. Pr (folio 46b) and Aparārka p. 1238, Yama prescribed a kṛcchrātikṛcchra for 24 days. ³⁰⁶ Vide Par.