Institutes of Vishnu — XXXIX.
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# XXXIX.
- Killing domestic or wild animals are crimes degrading to a mixed caste.
- He who has committed a crime degrading to a mixed caste shall eat barley-gruel for a month (if he has committed it knowingly), or perform the penance Krikkhrâtikrikkhra (if he has committed it unawares).
[35. Regarding the penances called Kândrâyana and Parâka see below, XLVIII and XLVII, 18.
XXXVIII. 1-6, M. XI, 68.
- See XLVI, 19, 10.
XXXIX. 1. M. XI, 69.
- Regarding the penance Krikkhrâtikrikkhra, see XLVI, 13. 'The use of the causative form kârayet indicates that he may {footnote p. 139} perform the penance mentioned here through a substitute, if unable to perform it himself. (Nand.)]
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