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The kala pani (lit. black water) represents the proscription of the over reaching seas in Hinduism. According to this prohibition, crossing the seas to foreign lands causes the loss of one's social respectability, as well as the putrefaction of one’s cultural character and posterity.

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  • The kala pani (lit. black water) represents the proscription of the over reaching seas in Hinduism. According to this prohibition, crossing the seas to foreign lands causes the loss of one's social respectability, as well as the putrefaction of one’s cultural character and posterity. (en)
  • En la cultura hindú,​ Kala Pani o Kalapani, cuyo significado es "agua negra", se refiere a una proscripción debida a cruzar el océano. Según esta mentalidad, cruzar los mares hacia tierras extranjeras causa la pérdida del respeto social del individuo, así como la putrefacción de su carácter cultural y posteridad.​ (es)
  • Le Kala Pani (hindi : कालापानी, kālāpānī, « l'eau noire ») est un tabou de l'hindouisme interdisant de franchir les eaux sombres ou noires de l'océan, nommément l'océan Indien, et d'entreprendre de longs voyages, car cela signifierait la perte du statut de caste (varna), une rupture du cycle de la réincarnation et une condamnation à l'errance perpétuelle. (fr)
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  • They are very strict in executing justice upon criminals, and as strict in abstaining from wine. Indeed they have made a rule that wine-drinkers and seafaring men are never to be accepted as sureties. For they say that to be a seafaring man is all the same as to be an utter desperado, and that his testimony is good for nothing. (en)
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  • The kala pani (lit. black water) represents the proscription of the over reaching seas in Hinduism. According to this prohibition, crossing the seas to foreign lands causes the loss of one's social respectability, as well as the putrefaction of one’s cultural character and posterity. (en)
  • En la cultura hindú,​ Kala Pani o Kalapani, cuyo significado es "agua negra", se refiere a una proscripción debida a cruzar el océano. Según esta mentalidad, cruzar los mares hacia tierras extranjeras causa la pérdida del respeto social del individuo, así como la putrefacción de su carácter cultural y posteridad.​ (es)
  • Le Kala Pani (hindi : कालापानी, kālāpānī, « l'eau noire ») est un tabou de l'hindouisme interdisant de franchir les eaux sombres ou noires de l'océan, nommément l'océan Indien, et d'entreprendre de longs voyages, car cela signifierait la perte du statut de caste (varna), une rupture du cycle de la réincarnation et une condamnation à l'errance perpétuelle. (fr)
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