History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.459

v5.c75.459

Japa, a means of removing consequences of sin 44-51, distinguished from *stuti* 45, demands three things 46, food on which one should subsist, when engaged in 49, is expiation for sins unintentionally committed 46-47, original idea of, spiritual 46, of mantras, a hundred times where no particular number is specified 47, three kinds of 44-45, superiority of, over Vedic sacrifices and pākayajñas 47, upāṁśu J described and praised 45, way in which śūdras and women were to engage in 49