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XXXVII, 35.
35. Such criminals in the fourth degree shall perform the Kândrayana or Parâka penances, or shall sacrifice a cow (as the case may require).
XXXVIII. 1. Causing (bodily) pain to a Brâhmana;
2. Smelling at things which ought not to be smelt (such as excrements), or at spirituous liquor;
3. Dishonest dealing; 4. Sexual connection with cattle;
5. And (sexual connection) with a man (or unnatural intercourse with a woman) :
6. Such are the crimes effecting loss of caste.
7. He who has knowingly committed one of the acts effecting loss of caste shall perform the Sântapana ' penance ; he who has done so unawares shall perform the Prâgâpatya' penance.
XXXIX. 1. Killing domestic or wild animals are crimes degrading to a mixed caste.
2. 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 Kândrayana and Parâka, see below, XLVIII and XLVII, 18.
XXXVIII. 1-6. M. XI, 68. 7. See XLVI, 19, 10. XXXIX. 1. M. XI, 69.
2. Regarding the penance Krikkhrâtikrikkhra, see XLVI, 13. • The use of the causative form kârayet indicates that he may
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