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Respected Ranjan ji,

 

In the Hindu thought ' prayashchit' or repentance is done for a

Guilt ; the closet Hindi word for it is ' aparadh bodh'.

 

The concept of 'prayashchit' or repentance has been there in the

mythological stories since ever.

 

With naman to all gurujan,

 

Varun Trivedi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "crystal pages" <rrgb

wrote:

>

> There is a concept of guilt in many old religions, it sure is in

> Christianity and Judaism.

>

> But a scholar way back when I was barely out of teenage

emphatically

> stated something that stays with me even today, so I ask this

august

> assembly of hindu and other scholars.

>

> He claimed that there is no specific word for GUILT in hindi or

> sanskrit or other indo-sanskrit derived languages. Is this true?

In

> none of the north, south, east or west indian languages, there is

no

> specific word for the globally-pervasive concept of GUILT, cashed

in

> almost nightly by priests and stand-up-comedians daily? Or maybe

> nightly I should say to be accurate.

>

> Was he wrong? Is there a word that describes the feeling

of 'GUILT' in

> indian culture (and I am really going broad there, I realize).

>

> RR

>