Cāndrāyaṇa penance
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Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The Cāndrāyaṇa, a lunar penance rite prescribed for Brahmins who touch each other during a śrāddha meal.
If two Brahmins, while eating in the row of a *śrāddha* (श्राद्ध), should touch each other, they should leave the food, and after eating, perform a Cāndrāyaṇa penance.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
A month-long penance in which food intake is calibrated to the waxing and waning moon, with several named variants.
He who eats eight mouthfuls every day for a month performs the *yaticāndrāyaṇa* (the ascetic's lunar penance).
He who eats four mouthfuls in the evening and four in the morning performs the *śiśucāndrāyaṇa* (the child's lunar penance).
He who eats in any way two hundred and forty mouthfuls in a month performs the *sāmānyacāndrāyaṇa* (the general lunar penance).
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
A lunar-cycle fasting penance prescribed for eating certain forbidden foods.
Having eaten onion, domesticated pig, mushroom, village cock, garlic, or carrot, one should perform the Cāndrāyaṇa penance.