[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.763 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.763) 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. - [Previous: c8.762](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.762) - [Next: c8.764](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.764) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.763) · Pramāṇa