McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chandrayana

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chandrayana


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(or Tsiandrayana), in Hindu mythology, is the moon-penance which the men, born again as Brahmins, practice as an atonement for sins committed in a lower grade of their existence. The body is scantily fed, only nuts of the woods being eaten.