History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.774.5

v5.c75.774.5

124, severity of, depended on whether the lapse was the first one or was repeated 82-83, should be sought from pariṣad at once after a sinful act 119, slight p could be carried out without informing king 70, smṛtis provide that if a sinner died in the midst of the period for which p. was prescribed he became free from sin here and in next world 83; smṛtis prescribed some terrible p. 126, stages (four) in the matter of expiation 85, śūdras had to take p. without mantras and homa 146, to be moulded on the lines of punishment 75; thirteen p for brāhmaṇa murder 88-93; p. for twelve years had a sliding scale of substitutes in medieval times 128, two forms of the word p. 57, two kinds of, acc to Śabara, in śruti texts 58, two meanings of the word in old Vedic texts 57, varied according to rules for śauca laid down for the several āśramas 83, various kinds of p. prescribed by smṛtis for eating and drinking what ought not be eaten or drunk or for drinking from a cāṇḍāla's pot 99, Vedic indications in support of view that even sins intentionally committed are destroyed by p 62-64, were of two kinds, viz. those undergone openly and those that were undergone secretly 125, when a man attempts suicide by fire, water, poison or the like and is saved or recovers p.