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Motif

Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q541

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Filed under Penances.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Penance: sitting in water Penance: standing in water for forty days Penance: 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 armpits Penance: 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 penances Murderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.) Robber does penance. (Cf. Q212.) Life-long penance for brother-sister marriage King who loved to give death sentence accepts penance of always postponing sentence until thirty days period of examination has passed Penance in wilderness as punishment for men who left holy orders to marry. (Cf. Q226.) Warrior retires to a cloister which he later defends against robbers Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.) Self-torture as penance Humiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.) Fearful penances Dangerous penances Pilgrimage as penance Penance: inviting one Brahmin for dinner every Wednesday Negative penances Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.)

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