Kṛcchra penances
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kṛcchra · Aghamarṣaṇa penance · Atiśata · Parāka · Prājāpatya penance · atisāṃtapana penance · kṛcchrātikṛcchra · mahāsāṃtapana penance · mūlakṛcchra · parāka penance
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Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A severe multi-year regimen of kṛcchra penances (extreme, great, hot) plus Parāka and Atiśata rites prescribed for extreme ritual restoration.
having performed penances for six years, multiplied by six, with extreme *kṛcchras* (कृच्छ्रस्), great *kṛcchras* (कृच्छ्रस्), hot *kṛcchras* (कृच्छ्रस्), and over a hundred Parāka and Atiśata penances, // Ang_1.
with Cāpāgra baths and fasts, with a thousand mantra-consecrated pots, and with a thousand cows, should perform only his consecration rite according to the rule.
If the top-knot is cut in the middle, he is purified by a Prājāpatya penance.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
A family of graded fasting and dietary austerity rituals prescribed as expiation (prāyaścitta) for various sins.
> All these *kṛcchra* penances one shall perform with a shaven head, / > Bathing daily at the three junctures, sleeping on the ground, with senses subdued.
The *kṛcchrātikṛcchra* penance is subsisting on milk for twenty-one days.
By subsisting on water and barley-meal for a month, it is the *udakakṛcchra* penance.