[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c32.33 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.33) 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. - [Previous: v2.c32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.32) - [Next: v2.c32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.34) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.33) · Pramāṇa