Hindu Saṁskāras: Socio-religious Study of the Hindu SacramentsThe Hindu Samskaras give expression to aspirations and ideals of the Hindus. They aim at securing the welfare of the performer and developing his personality. |
Contents
Introductory | 1 |
CHAP | 2 |
The Smrtis | 8 |
Lying of the Widow on the Funeral Pyre | 12 |
The Jatakarma Birth Ceremonies | 18 |
The Popular Purpose | 25 |
iv Ceremonies | 36 |
Different Stages | 48 |
The Nişkramana First Outing | 153 |
ii The Origin | 156 |
g Daiva | 168 |
ii The Purpose | 170 |
xi The Marriageable | 182 |
xii Qualifications of the Bride | 191 |
xiv The Ceremonies | 199 |
e Later Innovations | 205 |
The Pumsavana Quickening of Male Child | 60 |
CHAP PAGE | 86 |
64 | 90 |
The Chūdā Karaņa Tonsure | 94 |
The Karnavedha Boring The Ears | 102 |
The Upanayana Initiation | 106 |
iv The Antiquity of the Upanayana | 112 |
v Ceremonies and their Significance | 124 |
xi The Upanayana not Compulsory in the Beginning | 128 |
vii The Permission of the Teacher | 149 |
THE ANTYEŞŢI SAMSKĀRA FUNERAL CEREMONIES | 234 |
The Approach of Death | 246 |
iii Early History | 254 |
Regaling the Mourners | 256 |
The Smaśāna | 263 |
vi The Ceremonies | 268 |
The Primitive Nature of the Ceremonies | 274 |
F c | 297 |
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Hindu Saṁskāras: Socio-religious Study of the Hindu Sacraments Rajbali Pandey No preview available - 1969 |
Common terms and phrases
According Agni ancient Annaprāśana Apastamba Aryan astrological Āśvalāyana Atharvaveda auspicious bathed Baudhāyana became birth blessed Brahmacharya Brahman Brahmaņa Bṛhaspati bride bridegroom cere child conception cultural custom dead death deity Dharmaśāstra Dharmasūtras father fire funeral ceremonies Gandharva Garbhādhāna ghee girl given gods Grhyasūtras hair Hindu Samskāras holy lustre husband hymns Ibid impurity initiation Jatakarma kāra Karnavedha Keśānta Ksattriya later literature Mahābhārata mantra Manu marriage married month mother offered origin Paddhatis performed person popular Prajāpati prayers pregnant woman prescribed Pumsavana Puranas purified purpose quoted in V.M.S. recited regarded religion religious Rgveda rites and ceremonies ritual rules sacrament Sacred Thread sacrifices Samāvartana Samaveda Samskāras shaving Smarta Smrtis social spiritual Śrauta student Suśruta Sūtra symbolical taboos teacher thee thou tion tonsure twice-born Upanayana Upaniṣads Vaiśya Vasistha Vedas Vedic period verse Vivāha Vratyas Vyāsa wife worship Yāj Yājñavalkya इति तु पिता वा