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ḍhuṅgo chuvāunu

Notes lit. "to make sb. touch a stone". According to Hodgson (RRS 1984 16.9, p. 168), a rite at the end of a trial where the losing party has to touch a stone representing Viṣṇu or the king and has to place a fee on it, maybe for the purpose of expiation.
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