Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.763
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.763
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People wanted to atone for the crime they had committed in installing a Caṇḍāla as their King. They made small firepits throughout the country and started committing suicide by jumping into it, The King lamented that such a mass suicide was due to him and he also made a fire-pit and jumped into it.