D. Brick's scientific contributions

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This chapter examines the intimately connected conceptions of sin (pāpa) and penance (prāyaścitta) developed within the Dharmaśāstra tradition. Its primary aim is to demonstrate how numerous features of the Dharmaśāstra theory of sin and penance reflect a pervasive concern with two fundamentally different human activities: (a) the personal quest to...