Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance.
Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q541
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Penance: sitting in waterPenance: standing in water for forty daysPenance: Gregory on the stone. Standing on a stone (pillar) as penance for incest. (Cf. Q242, T415.)Penance: keeping self suspended on two iron hooks placed under armpitsPenance: staying for ten months rooted to one spot, with eyes closed, while birds build nests in one's hair
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Substitutions for penancesMurderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.)Robber does penance. (Cf. Q212.)Life-long penance for brother-sister marriageKing who loved to give death sentence accepts penance of always postponing sentence until thirty days period of examination has passedPenance in wilderness as punishment for men who left holy orders to marry. (Cf. Q226.)Warrior retires to a cloister which he later defends against robbersTedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.)Self-torture as penanceHumiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.)Fearful penancesDangerous penancesPilgrimage as penancePenance: inviting one Brahmin for dinner every WednesdayNegative penancesPenance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.)