History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.590
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.590
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*SUVARṆA-KṚCCHRA*—Vide Hemādri on Prāyaścitta pp 969-972 quoting Devala and Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa, in which a *varāha* or a half of it or quarter of it had to be donated. A Varāha was equal to nine rūpakas and a rūpaka was one māṣa of five guñjas (of silver it seems). For killing a brāhmaṇa secretly or for the guilt of incest one had to perform ten thousand or 40 thousand suvarṇa-kṛcchras and a lesser number for various other lapses.