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• Namakaranam (नामकरणम्)
  ...es 130-144)</ref> To give individual identity in relation with the father, family and society, a name is selected for the child with care. ...xts. The adoption of the father’s name is prevalent, which is based on the family attachment and pride. Thus there are so many factors working behind the sys
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• Asteeka (आस्तीकः)
  ...larly and devout son who will be a devotee of Visnu and a preserver of the family". After this Manasadevi set out to Kailasa. When she reached there Parami-S When Vasuki saw the serpents, born of his family, falling into the yajnika agni of Janamejaya and dying in large numbers, he
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• Kamadhenu (कामधेनुः)
  ...ated that several Kamadhenus take their origin from sources other than the family of Kasyapa. One of them is from the ocean of milk. In Mahabharata, Adi Parv ...killed the cow and ate some of its flesh. The rest he gave to Visvamitra's family. The next morning when Vasistha woke up, he did not see his cow. But he cam
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• Pumsavana (पुंसवनम्)
  - procuring food for the family - waging wars for protecting lands and family
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• Yama Yami Samvada (यम यमि सम्वादः)
  ...members is addressed. Consanguineous marriage between members of the same family has been abandoned in most parts of the world as it is proved to be hazardo ...ma having the aspects of Dikpalaka, or the role of taking away life at the end of the lifespan of a being. Here we see his role in dharmapalana in a socia
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• Anadhyayana (अनध्ययनम्)
  ...ishta), or when the Raja has become impure through a birth or death in his family (sutaka), or when there is an eclipse of the Sun or the Moon. It is said th ...eat or food given by a person impure on account of a birth or death in the family, one should not study the Veda. (Manu Smrt. 4.120 and 112).<ref name=":1" /
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• Airavata (ऐरावतः)
  ...a_(रामायणम्)|Aranyakanda]]]] 14th Sarga, the wounded Jatayu describing his family history to Sri Rama, gives the following account about the origin of Airava ...of milk was churned by the joint effort of the Devas and Asuras and in the end the Devas cleverly took part of it. When the Devas drank Amrta, they regain
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• Simantam (सीमन्तः)
  # Simanta: 'Sima (सीमा)' means boundary and 'anta (अन्तः)' means end. Thus Simanta refers to the limiting line. ...are thus attributable to differences in local conventions (paddathis) and family customs (kulaachaara). Thus, the ceremony is prescribed starting from the p
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• Pakayajnas (पाकयज्ञाः)
  ...ivities of a grhastha. They are the yajnas for individual and his extended family. The technical term Pakayajna is used to refer to Grhyayajnas to distinguis ...t the time of vivaha samskara and it is obligatory to preserve it till the end of the life of the person or till he takes sanyasa ashrama. This agni is ma
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• Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi, Chikmanguluru, Karnataka
  ...ouch the ground with the toes. The flue is held in both the hands, and one end of it is applied to the mouth. It is said that the complexion of such image ...ctually forms of Airavata, the divine vehicle of Indra, as they have split-end horns.
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• Rigveda (ऋग्वेदः)
  In some texts, the valakhilya mantras, 80 of them at the end of the eighth mandala, are not taken into account along with the Rgveda man ...see the vamsha-mandalas 2 to 7 are compiled first. They have only one rshi-family as the mantra-drashtas. The eighth mandala has rshis of two families as man
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• Rajodharma (रजोधर्मः)
  ...e strictly to the dharmik practices, usually half-heartedly, either due to family pressure or blind faith. A majority of women still practice the restriction ...k tenet) or perform puja at home (personal rituals), nor mingle with other family people (social contact). In this article an attempt has been made to put ou
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• Agni (अग्निः)
  ==== Birth and Family ====
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• Textile Technology (तन्तुकार्यम्)
  ...decades of the 19th century, a widowed mother could still maintain a whole family in reasonable manner by spinning on the charkha for a few hours a day. Weav ...according to Professor R.S. Singh is derived from a plant of the Malvaceae family, the fabric being called Patu (पाटु).
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• Panchakosha (पञ्चकोशाः)
  ..., Brahmanandavalli, the discussion about Annamaya kosha starts towards the end of Prathama Anuvaka and the concluding Anandamaya kosha is presented in the ...various transformations in the human body). They sustain on food till the end when they get merged in food. Thus Anna is the foremost form of creatures a
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• Avadhuta Yadu Samvada (अवधूतयद्वोः संवादः)
  ...is free from the net of hope, from the idea of the beginning, middle, and end of things and that he is perpetually abiding in happiness. He is devoid of ...rushing stream, do not affect the Atma just as there is a beginning and an end to the blazing fire but not to Agni itself.<ref name=":6" /> From Chandra,
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• Dharmic Dinacharya (धार्मिक दिनचर्या)
  ...when possible, one should look at auspicious things (cow, basil plant, fig tree, Ganga, idol of a deity etc.) whichever is available and after doing that p ...o get rid of bad breath. Sanatana Dharma prescribes the use of a twig of a tree for the cleaning of teeth.
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• Indra (इन्द्रः)
  ...hravas (उच्चैश्रवस् । divine horse), and Parijata vrksha (divine flowering tree with unfading flowers) among other things. ...are all interrelated and are the fundamental cause for nourishment of all tree and plant species including medicinal plants. Thus, Indra is the power whic
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• Yama Nachiketa Samvada (यमनचिकेतसोः संवादः)
  When Yama’s family offered entry and welcome to Nachiketa, he refuses and remains at the gate ...are forests knows as Ara, and nyas, lakes known as asairam-madi, ashwatha tree called as Somasavan. This place is said to be eternal called the city of Ap
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• Sanatana Dharma (सनातनधर्मः)
  .../blockquote>''The Vedas, together with the Itihasas, were withdrawn at the end of the Yugas. The Maharshis, permitted by Svayambhu (Brahma) recovered them ...id down for common understanding the laws which regulate national, social, family and individual obligations. Just as revealed in the Vedas, the Rshis with t
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