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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 10.
    aṅgaprāyaścitta n. (-ttaṃ) Expiation for bodily impurity, especially the oblation offered by the heir at the first funeral obsequies, to remove the impurity contracted during the period of mourning.

    E. aṅga body and prāyaścitta expiation.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 8, col. 2.
    aṅga-prāyaścitta (ttaṃ) 1. n. Expiatory
    offering for impurity after
    mourning for the dead.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 18, col. 2.
    aṅgaprāyaścitta Tatpur. n. (-ttam) Expiation for bodily impu-

    rity, especially the oblation offered by the heir at the first

    funeral obsequies, to remove the impurity contracted during

    the period of mourning. E. aṅga and prāyaścitta.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 7, col. 3.
    aṅga—prāyaścitta n. expiation of bodily impurity, especially that arising from death in a family.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 8, col. 2.
    aṅgaprāyaścitta

    n. (-ttaṃ) Expiation for bodily impurity. especially the obla-
    tion offered by the heir at the first funeral obsequies, to remove
    the impurity contracted during the period of mourning.

    E. aṅga
    body and prāyaścitta expiation.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 75, col. 2.
    aṅgaprāyaścitta na0 aṅgasya dehasya śuddhyarthaṃ prāyaścittam .
    aśauceṣu pañcaśūnājanyaduritakṣayārthaṃ kāryye daśāhāttu
    paraṃ samyak vipro'dhīyīta dharmmavat . dānañca vidhivaddeya
    maśubhāttārakaṃ hi taditi smṛtyukte dānarūpe prāyaścitte .