History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.774.4

v5.c75.774.4

partakes of the character of naimittika and kāmya actions, 60-61, Pātimokkha meetings of Buddhists 165, pariṣad may prescribe p for lapses for which no particular expiation is prescribed 84; person drinking through ignorance intoxicants, human urine and the like had to undergo p of Tapta-kṛcchra and also punarupanayana if he was dvija 97, persons of different āśramas were prescribed different p. 83, persons over 80 years old and boys less than 16, women and diseased men are liable to only half of ordinary p 79-80, persons who were to resort to secret p. 125, prescribing the giving of cows by Āp, Baud, Manu and Yāj on killing kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra explained 71; procedure as prescribed for taking p. after consulting pariṣad has varied in details from time to time 119-121, proper times for performing p 119; purposes of, as conceived by the smṛtis are purging of sin, satisfaction of sinner's mind, admission to intercourse with others 63-64, rahasya (secret) p., rules about 125-126, reason why it should be conceded that sins are destroyed by p 68; recitation of the Gāyatrī verse ten thousand times is p for all sins, acc to Parāśara 84, relation of p to punishment. 69, 71, role of king, king's officers, learned men and sinner in relation to 70-71, same vrata for striking a brāhmaṇa with intention to kill as for brahmahatyā though victim recovers 95, rules as to food and other matters to be observed in p.