History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.577
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.577
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*VṚDDHAKRCCHRA*—*VṚDDHI-KṚCCHRA*—This is a penance for eight days, according to Śaṅkha-Likhita³⁴⁹ and Yama, in which one takes food only by day for two days, only by night for two days, without asking for food for two days and fasts for two days