However, the Buddhist belief in reincarnation meant that the death of an infant was not final as the child would be reborn, and this belief eased guilty feelings over female infanticide.
No entanto, a crenza budista na reencarnación significaba que a morte dun neno non era o fin, xa que ese neno iría renacer, con esa crenza diminuíndo a culpa sentida sobre o infanticidio feminino.