History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.204

v5.c75.204

Cāndrāyaṇa, derivation of word c. 134, divided into *mukhya* and *gauṇa* 136, five varieties of 135-136; is the prāyaścitta for all lapses for which no specific penance is prescribed in smṛtis 135; may be undergone not as penance, but also for accumulating merit 35; prescribed as expiation for drinking any of the twelve excretions of the body or any of the several kinds of *madya* 99; prescribed as expiation for dining at a śrāddha on the birth of a son or at a navaśrāddha 388, prescribed as expiation for incest in certain cases 103; prescribed as expiation for apātrīkaraṇa and saṅkarīkaraṇa acts 118; procedure of, described in Gautama and others 137-138; rules about the size of the morsels to be taken in 137; sacrificial food to be employed in 138, *sāmānya* c. described 136, tonsure necessary if c. undertaken as prāyaścitta 137; two varieties of 134-135