But these five had taken a harsh penance for kidnapping him and reached their decision to offer oath before they were brought near him.

He claims that the trials associated with the knight's lifestyle outshine even the harshest penances imposed upon monks, thus making it of greater spiritual worth.

For one thousand years, he performed an excruciatingly harsh penance to please Lord Brahma.

The being that was to be Suparshvanath had done harsh penance and deep spiritual practices in his earlier birth as king Nandisen of Kshetrapuri.

He proposed that the religious revival needed to focus on "vigorous and harsh penance", with "the signs of a true confession".

It is final stage of harsh penance.

In Dvapara Yuga King Indradyumna of Malwa wanted to find that mysterious image and to do so he performed harsh penances to obtain his goal.

The piece dramatically establishes its tone of harsh penance at the opening with a repeated lashing figure in the strings, like five stinging whip strokes.

For particularly heinous sins (for example, rape or murder), or for serious sins committed by penitents of high political or cultural standing, it was often the practice to impose rather harsh penances.