[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c8.s1.28 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s1.28 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s1.28 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s1.28) ³ Twelve years of penance were always thought essential for obtaining perfection, and for every ascetic who endeavours to quit this life with the best claims to enter one of the highest heavens or even Nirvāna (Jacobi, SBE. xxii. Introd. 18). - [Previous: c8.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s1.27) - [Next: c8.s1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s1.29) - [Up: c8.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s1.28) · Pramāṇa