Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c9.20

c9.20

The graver the sins the more difficult are the penances; for this reason a deadly sin may be expiated for only by suicide. According to Mah. 12, 165, 46 ff. the murderer of a learned Brahman (bhrūṇahan) shall plunge into the turmoil of a battle in order to obtain