History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.33
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.33
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Āpastamba (verse) prescribes the Prājāpatya penance for a woman who having first resolved to burn herself on the funeral pyre turns back from it at the last moment.¹⁴⁸³ The Rājatarangiṇī (VI. 196) refers to a queen who having pretended to have resolved on becoming *satī* ultimately regretted the step and turned back.