[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) › v6.c81.367 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.367 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.367 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.367) On pp. 43-45 above the exaggerated importance attached to vratas in general has already been dealt with Upavāsa as a \*prāyaścitta\* (expiation for sins) has been described in vol IV. - [Previous: v6.c81.366](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.366) - [Next: v6.c81.368](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.368) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.367](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.367) · Pramāṇa