[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) › v5.c68.7 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c68.7 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c68.7 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c68.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c68.7) Chapter III Prāyaścitta (expiation), derivation of the word, origin and meaning; expiations and secular punishments; circumstances to be considered in prescribing expiations; pariṣad (assembly of learned men) and its duties. ... 57—86 - [Previous: v5.c68.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c68.6) - [Next: v5.c68.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c68.8) - [Up: v5.c68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c68) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c68.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c68.7) · Pramāṇa