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Q520 Penances
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- Substitutions for penances · Q520.0.1 entry
- Murderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.) · Q520.1 entry
- Robber does penance. (Cf. Q212.) · Q520.2 entry
- Life-long penance for brother-sister marriage · Q520.3 entry
- King who loved to give death sentence accepts penance of always postponing sentence until thirty days period of examination has passed · Q520.4 entry
- Penance in wilderness as punishment for men who left holy orders to marry. (Cf. Q226.) · Q520.5 entry
- Warrior retires to a cloister which he later defends against robbers · Q520.6 entry
- Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.) · Q521 entry
- Self-torture as penance · Q522 entry
- Humiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.) · Q523 entry
- Fearful penances · Q524 entry
- Dangerous penances · Q525 entry
- Pilgrimage as penance · Q526 entry
- Penance: inviting one Brahmin for dinner every Wednesday · Q527 entry
- Negative penances · Q535 entry
- Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.) · Q537 entry
- Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance · Q541 entry
- Penance: giving all earnings to poor · Q542 entry
- Penance: being locked in cellar (well) with key thrown into water · Q544 entry
- Murderer's penance complete when he kills a greater murderer and prevents a crime. (Cf. Q211.) · Q545 entry
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