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[ 33 ] 1. Kýcchra-Samvatsara_According to Apastamba Dharmasūtral in this Kịcchra, Kịcchras are undergone continuously in a cycle for one year. :
2: Atikrċchra -- According to Manu, an observer of Atikrcchra Vrata should take one morsel of food in the mornings for three days, in the evenings for three days and for three days eating one morsel got without asking for it and should fast for three days.2
. On the other hand Yájñavalkya prescribes the eating of just as much food as would fill the hand and not merely one morsel.3 Baudhāyana Dharma Sutra supports the view of: Manu.4 According to Manu, the sin of killing a Brahmana is expiated by the performance of atikscchra penance; 5 Gautama Smști says that Atikscchra is the penance for all sins except Mahapatakas.6.
3. Kịcchra-Samvatsara-In this penances are perfor med ceaselessly for one year.
Kịcchrāti-Kịcchra - According to Gautama Smrti in this only water is taken on those days on which food is allowed and that this penance makes a man free from all sins. Yājñavalkya prescribes the diet of milk alone for 21 days. According to Manulo Kịcchrātikscchra should be performed as an expiation for drawing the blood of a Brāhmapa by beating him with a stick.
1. Āpastamba Dharmasūtra 1-9-27-8. 2. Manu XI, 213, 3. Yajnavalkya Smrti III. 319. 4. Baudhayanadharmasūtra 4. 5. 8. 5. Manu Smrti XI Adhyaya 6. Gautama Smịci XXVII 7. Āpastamba Dharma Sūtra 1, 9. 27; 8. 8, Gautamasmrti 27 9. Yüjžavalkya Smộti III. 320 10. Manusmrti XI, 208
