[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) › c9.1271 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1271 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1271 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1271) If by ignorance a hermit engaged in killing animals by day or night, to remove the impurity and get purity, he should bathe and perform six prāṇāyāmas (restraints of the breath) daily. The hermit should discard his body made of five elements. - [Previous: c9.1270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1270) - [Next: c9.1272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1272) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1271) · Pramāṇa