Questions tagged [prayaschitta]
Atonement or expiation procedure prescribed by the dharma śāstras for sins.
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Prayaschitta (regret) Mantra when one breaks fasting during Shravana month?
Is there any Prayaschitta mantra if someone by mistake breaks fasting during holy month of Shravana?
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Why is food smelt by a cow impure when cow's dung and urine is used for purification rites?
Manu-smṛti 5.123:
पक्षिजग्धं गवा घ्रातमवधूतमवक्षुतम् ।
दूषितं केशकीटैश्च मृत्प्रक्षेपेण शुध्यति ॥ १२३ ॥
pakṣijagdhaṃ gavā ghrātamavadhūtamavakṣutam |
dūṣitaṃ keśakīṭaiśca ...
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Why do Brahmacharis who break the vow of celibacy need to sacrifice a donkey as atonement?
From Apastamba Dharma Sutras 1.9.26.8:
A [student] who has broken the vow of chastity, shall offer to Nirṛiti
an ass, according to the manner of the Pāka-yajña-rites.
This same Prayaschitta is ...
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When did 13 years pass in 13 days?
In Mahabharata there is mention that it is written in shastras that there are some special occasions in which 13 years pass in 13 days.
When the high-souled Partha went to Indra's region for ...
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Remedies for a Gṛhastha for involving in sex on auspicious days
Answers of this question says Gṛhastha rules of the days one should not involve in sex. If a Gṛhastha involves in sexual activities on these following days, then what are the remedies one can follow?
