Note 77 — Chapter V · WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
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In the case of suicides, when the crime is proved before the god of death the culprit is hurled into a hell called Mahāraurava, where he has to pass a thousand years. After the expiry of this period he is born again into this world, again commits suicide, and again meets the same fate after death. This is repeated seven times, after which he has to pass through 8,400,000 species of animals before again obtaining the human life.77