History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.530

v5.c71.s1.530

*PARṆAKŪRCA*—This is a more severe type of patrakṛcchra Yāj III 316 (= Devala 83) and Śaṅkha-Likhita³²⁶ define Parṇakṛcchra as one where the leaves of palāśa, udumbara, lotus, and bilva are boiled separately on each day in succession and the decoction of each is drunk on each day separately and then water in which kuśas have been dipped is drunk. Thus parṇakṛcchra is a penance of five days The Mit. on Yāj. III. 316 quotes a verse of Yama to the effect that when a sinner fasts for three days and nights and thereafter he drinks together the decoctions of all the four and *kuśa* water on the same day then the penance is called parṇakūrca. The Par M (II part 2 p 181)³²⁷ regards Parṇakūrca as a variety of Parṇakṛcchra Vasiṣṭha, Jābāli and Atri (116–117) make Parṇakṛcchra a penance of six days by adding the leaves of Aśvattha to the five mentioned above. Viṣṇu Dh S 46 23 mentions another variety of Parṇakṛcchra for seven days³²⁸