Agnipravesham

Agnipravesham (from sanskrit <entering the fire>) is a type of suicide in Hinduism and is practiced by immolation.[1][2][3] It is usually an ordeal.[4]

For the film, see Agnipravesham (film).

See also

References
  1. Dalal, Roshen, (2014). Hinduism : an Alphabetical Guide. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-81-8475-277-9. OCLC 1132344222.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Suicide and Hinduism : An Advice". sivasiddhi1082.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  3. Muralidharan, Kavitha. "With just 11 stories this collection goes to the core of Tamil writer Jayakanthan's fiction". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  4. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish. (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Willemen, Paul. (2nd ed.). Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9. OCLC 884014660.
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