Penance
idea · 5 works · 8 mentions · 13 anchored passages
penance · prāyaścitta · expiation · Penances · rule of penance · vow
spoken of as
2 expressionsPrāyaścitta“penance”5 mentions
Āṅgirasa Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Vratisasana (Kawi) · Parāśara Smṛti (Sanskrit)
Penance (*prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त)) is prescribed by the law-givers as having four feet.
Concept of prāyaścitta“penance”1 mention
Parāśara Smṛti (Sanskrit)
For cows that die in a dug well, a dug pond, a long trench, and likewise in other excavations made for a religious purpose, no *prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त) is required.
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
Prāyaścitta, the doctrine and procedure of penance for sin, structured around approach, vow, and assembly.
Penance (*prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त)) is prescribed by the law-givers as having four feet.
for *dharma* (धर्म), for the assembly (*pariṣad* (परिषद्)), and for the order of penance (*prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त)).
A sinner, being without doubt, should not eat before he has approached the assembly.
Parāśara Smṛti
The overarching doctrine of expiatory penance (prāyaścitta) graded by the severity and circumstance of the offense, which structures the entire passage.
For cows that die in a dug well, a dug pond, a long trench, and likewise in other excavations made for a religious purpose, no *prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त) is required.
may prescribe a *prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त) for such a person without the shaving of the head.
If cows die from being burned by fire while entangled in their tethers, no *prāyaścitta* (प्रायश्चित्त) is required.
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Self-inflicted acts of atonement prescribed by the law-books in place of worldly punishment.
Thus the place which in a modern law-book is taken by the Sanction—that is, by the various penal consequences of refusing to obey a law—is taken in these writings by Penances.
Manusmṛti
The body of rules on atonement to be declared following the varna-Dharma section.
hereafter I will declare the auspicious rule of penance.
Vratisasana
The rite of penance required from the teacher when a member of the Siddhānta school unknowingly eats what is impure; refusal of it constitutes a pantən.
[VS_appendix-05-09j§1] For example, for one who follows the *Siddhānta* vow, if he eats what is forbidden to be eaten by one following the *Siddhānta* vow, such as the wild pig, jungle fowl, dog, and also the cat, civet, mongoose, *viṅsaṅ* (an unidentified animal), mouse, snake, tiger, *laṅkapa* (unidentified), *ruti* (unidentified), *tḍak* (unidentified), *galiṅ* (unidentified), *rathe* (unidenti …