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• Asoucha (आशौचम्)
  ...ther family members preventing socialization extending to a long period of time (even a month in some cases).<ref name=":0">Shama Sastry, R. (1921) ''Smrit ...ation period wherein the family at the time of death of a member or at the time of birth of a child are not required to attend to the regular [[Grhasthashr
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• Indian Concept of Self
  ...ied the following different meanings that the term ego had acquired by the time of his writing: the self as<ref name=":22" /> ...continued to the revival in psychological studies of selfhood and related topics. Many other Enlightenment thinkers such as David Hume, Leibniz, Descartes,
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• Chaulam (चौलम्)
  === उपयुक्तकालः ॥ Time of performance === ...life of the child, but its ceremonial performance was postponed up to the time of the Upanayana when it was performed a few minutes before the initiation
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• Socio-economic Aspects of Rg Veda (ऋग्वेदे सामाजिक-आर्थिक-विषयाश्च)
  ...lifestyle is well evident in the study of Rgveda. We find details on many topics such as Varna vyavastha, Ashrama vyavastha, role of women in the society, m Knowledge of trade during Rgvedic time is seen from the various kinds of "coins" mentioned in the mantras. People
  20 KB (2,562 words) - 23:04, 23 July 2022
• Gurukula (गुरुकुलम्)
  ...van solitude of the forests to teach high level philosophies. Gradually as time passed, as supplies became scarce, Gurukulas came to be located near villag One of the unique Dharmas followed from time immemorial is the performance of [[Upanayana (उपनयनम्)|Upanay
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• Sources of Dharma (धर्मस्थानानि)
  ...he smrtis that contain a formal, systematic and connected treatment of the topics of the dharmashastras.<ref name=":3" /> Dharmasutras based on Vedas have a more formal treatment on the topics of Dharma. They start with the explicit mention of the authority of Vedas a
  36 KB (4,455 words) - 20:38, 5 December 2020
• Origin and Propagation of Sound (शब्दोत्पत्तिः प्रसारश्च)
  ...amount of technical literature available on grammar, phonetics and related topics as in Samskrit. Phonetics is as old as the Vedas. ...ll directions, from the spot where the stone was dropped. One may note the time lapse between the first wave generated and the last wave that reaches the s
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• Prana (प्राणः)
  This cosmic prana, also called mahaprana, came into being at the time of creation. Thus, in order to fully understand prana, one must go back to At the time of the awakening, the two forces of prana and chitta assume perfect balance
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• Shad Vedangas (षड्वेदाङ्गानि)
  * [[Vedanga Jyotisha (वेदाङ्गज्योतिषम्)|Jyotisha]] - Knowledge of appropriate time and place to perform yajnas and yagas. ...सः | sanyasa) are described in these sutras. Thus, it can be said that the topics related to the adhyatmik world, this material world, society and social act
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• Balam (बलम्)
  ...veda offers ways to improve Yuktikruta Bala of an individuals. Also, under topics like [[Rutucharya (ऋतुचर्या)|Rtucharya]] and Swasthavrtta, ...fects when used in an irrational way. One should take these at appropriate time, stage, in proper dosage followed by specific Anupana (Adjuvant) which are
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• Kala (कालः)
  ...(वेदाङ्गज्योतिषम्)|vedanga jyotisha]] (astronomy). It is significant that time has been considered both at the microcosmic and the macrocosmic levels. Var [[File:Kalachakram.png|thumb|450x450px|'''Kala Chakram. Time is depicted as a Wheel. Konark Temple in Odisha, India houses an elaborate
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• Nasadiya Sukta (नासदीयसूक्तम्)
  ...| Srishti (Creation). No ancient texts known to mankind have discussed the topics of God and Creation as extensively as the Vedas and associated veda-derived
  32 KB (3,857 words) - 11:13, 8 February 2022
• Vidya (विद्या)
  ...ther followed by the father who teaches him worldly knowledge until a long time. Usually for higher knowledge children were sent to learn from a scholarly ...day of the Upanayana. The rites are performed for three days during which time the student is said to remain in an embryonic condition, on the fourth day
  50 KB (6,453 words) - 20:58, 18 July 2022
• Rigveda (ऋग्वेदः)
  ...of Sanatana Dharma. Its date of composition is not definite and the Vedic time period is a topic of debate among many scholars. As such it is not in the s ...fferent ways to guarantee its authenticity and proper preservation through time.
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• Shad Darshanas (षड्दर्शनानि)
  ...as Gautama or Kanada collected the purport of these discussions on various topics and problems, filled up many of the missing links, classified and arranged ...unseen (अदृष्टम् । adrusta) potency of the action generally required some time before it could be fit for giving the doer the merited punishment or enjoym
  52 KB (7,633 words) - 20:58, 15 December 2022
• Sannyasashrama (सन्न्यासाश्रमः)
  ...yasin, he renounces all possessions. He lives alone on alms and spends his time in meditation. When he attains the sublime state of deep meditation he rejo ...sentially a renouncer. The word sannyasa or sannyasin occurs for the first time in the Taittiriya Aranyaka (10.10.3). (?) The other words equivalent to San
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• The Four Vedas (चतुर्वेदाः)
  ...da 12 Adhyaya 6) refers to the revelation of the Vedas from Brahma, at the time of srshti. Suta Maharshi describes how Parameshti Brahma was meditating wit
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• Mimamsa Darshana (मीमांसादर्शनम्)
  ...re based on Karmakanda (कर्मकाण्डः, religious rituals) that existed in his time. The later generations hence found difficulty in understanding the original ...twelve chapters with sixty sub-sections in all. There are about a thousand topics discussed so this work by Jaimini is by far the biggest of the philosophica
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• Women's health and Ayurveda
  ...e for women so as to make the medicine tolerable and effective at the same time. Such peculiarities of female body or its specific response to a drug or ce ...ailable currently. It is available in parts and thus many of the important topics related to women's health discussed in Kashyapa Samhita and known to bhara
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• Manusmrti (मनुस्मृतिः)
  ...hat though some 'pathabheda' (change in text) has crept over the period of time, the meaning of these verses in Manusmrti and the Valmiki Ramayana is the s ...nprītātmā śrūyatāṁ iti । । 1.60 । ।''</blockquote>Also, over the period of time, there have been many commentaries on the Manusmrti out of which the ones b
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