History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.949

v5.c75.949

Sinners, see under 'karmavipāka', enumerated in Tai. Br 11, had to undergo three burdens 76, guilty of mahāpātakas may become pure by Aśvamedha or by visiting all tīrthas 91-92; three classes of, acc. to Vasiṣṭha 13; who feel no repentance and do not perform prāyaścitta fall into terrible Hells and after undergoing tortures in hells are born again as men suffering from deformities or diseases or as animals, insects, trees and shrubs 153, 154, 172