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APPENDIK TO CHAPTER XIV
The sixteen Sanskaras of the Hindus
(0
Garbhadhan1
Consummation of marriage
(2) j
[ Punsavam I 2
[ Simantonnayan j
Gestation
(3)
Jat karma
Delivery
(4)
Nam karan
Naming
(5)
Nishkamana3
Taking out (of the house)
(6)
Anna prashan4
Feeding with solid food
(7)
Chura karma5
Tonsure
(8)
Karna bedha5
Ear piercing
(9)
U panayana*
Initiation
(10)
Vedarambha7
Study (of the Vedas)
(11)
Samavartana
Completion of study
(12)
Vivaha
Marriage
(13)
Grihashrama8
House and family life
(14)
Banprasthashrama8
Life as a teacher
(15)
Sanyasashrama8
Asceticism
(16)
Anteshi karma
The last rite—
Cremation, etc.
[Those in italics are the most important.]
1 A rite invoking the divine blessing on the act of consummation.
2 Precautionary rites to secure the wife’s health.
3 Also called vahirnisarana; usually combined with the next rite.
4 Usually performed in the sixth month ; the food is as a rule rice.
5 Commonly called munran and kanchedan. The former takes place
in the third, the latter in the fifth year.
0 This is the principal rite for the twice born ; it, in fact, constitutes
the ‘second birth’. Investiture with the janeo is part of this ceremony.
It takes place between the eighth and eleventh year.
7 Literally, ‘commencement of Vedas’.
8 The three stages of a man’s adult life. ‘Banprasthashrama’ means
literally ‘Life in the forest’, because the teacher lives as a hermit.
Other Brahmanical rites, which are not sanskaras, are :—
(1) Barhai (or nakh katiya)—a rite on the twelfth day after birth
when the babe is shown to his male relations, and the women
relatives cut their nails and make presents.
(2) Mula santi—a rite performed if the child is born in the asterism
of Mula, to obviate its ill luck.
(3) Pathana or vidyarambha—the formal commencement of education,
which takes place before the upanayana. It marks the end of
childhood.
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The sixteen Sanskaras of the Hindus
(0
Garbhadhan1
Consummation of marriage
(2) j
[ Punsavam I 2
[ Simantonnayan j
Gestation
(3)
Jat karma
Delivery
(4)
Nam karan
Naming
(5)
Nishkamana3
Taking out (of the house)
(6)
Anna prashan4
Feeding with solid food
(7)
Chura karma5
Tonsure
(8)
Karna bedha5
Ear piercing
(9)
U panayana*
Initiation
(10)
Vedarambha7
Study (of the Vedas)
(11)
Samavartana
Completion of study
(12)
Vivaha
Marriage
(13)
Grihashrama8
House and family life
(14)
Banprasthashrama8
Life as a teacher
(15)
Sanyasashrama8
Asceticism
(16)
Anteshi karma
The last rite—
Cremation, etc.
[Those in italics are the most important.]
1 A rite invoking the divine blessing on the act of consummation.
2 Precautionary rites to secure the wife’s health.
3 Also called vahirnisarana; usually combined with the next rite.
4 Usually performed in the sixth month ; the food is as a rule rice.
5 Commonly called munran and kanchedan. The former takes place
in the third, the latter in the fifth year.
0 This is the principal rite for the twice born ; it, in fact, constitutes
the ‘second birth’. Investiture with the janeo is part of this ceremony.
It takes place between the eighth and eleventh year.
7 Literally, ‘commencement of Vedas’.
8 The three stages of a man’s adult life. ‘Banprasthashrama’ means
literally ‘Life in the forest’, because the teacher lives as a hermit.
Other Brahmanical rites, which are not sanskaras, are :—
(1) Barhai (or nakh katiya)—a rite on the twelfth day after birth
when the babe is shown to his male relations, and the women
relatives cut their nails and make presents.
(2) Mula santi—a rite performed if the child is born in the asterism
of Mula, to obviate its ill luck.
(3) Pathana or vidyarambha—the formal commencement of education,
which takes place before the upanayana. It marks the end of
childhood.
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