History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.554
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.554
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*BRAHMAKRCCHRA*—Vide Hemādri's work on Prāyaścitta p. 964 quoting Devala and Mārkaṇḍeya. It is a penance for 12 days on each of which one has to drink in the noon Pañcagavya in a temple or cowpen after offering it with mantras in fire; one has to contemplate on Viṣṇu till the evening and should sleep near an idol and give up tāmbūla and unguents.
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- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Devalasmṛti — Devala, Sanskrit