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• Chaulam (चौलम्)
  ...s even in present times. While Chudakarana or Chaulam have been prescribed in various texts as a prerequisite for performing various rituals, it was also ...maining part is clean shaven. In tradition it is popularly called "Śikhā". In Sanskrit the letters "ल (la)" and "ड (ḍa)" are often interchanged. So
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• Annaprashana (अन्नप्राशनम्)
  ...velops it requires greater amount of nutrients. Hence around six months of age the child is started on increased nourishment. It is introduced with differ ...act is endorsed by Acharya Sushruta, who prescribes the weaning of a child in the sixth month and describes the types of food to be given. It was only la
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• Garbhadhana (गर्भाधानम्)
  ...n has been called Garbhadhana. Saunaka gives the similar definition though in slightly different words: the rite by the performance of which a woman rece ...d at the time when the couple are mentally and physically fit to take part in the procreative process.<ref name=":1" />[[File:23. Garbadhana Article.jpg|
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• Dharma and Women’s Rights
  ...woman who suffers irreparable physical, mental and socio-economic damage.  In particular, sexual assault is the most heinous crime which ruins the whole ...hat the right to protection is important especially of women who were seen in Vedic times as ‘sustainers of our society’.
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• Gurukula (गुरुकुलम्)
  ...has now lost its glory owing to the present day educational system brought in by the various rulers of India over the few centuries. Although modern educ ...4) ''Education in Ancient India.'' Benares : Nand Kishore and Bros.,</ref> In this article we discuss the Gurukula set up, the aims of such educational s
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• Dharmasutras (धर्मसूत्राणि)
  ...as Sutragranthas, primarily because a majority of these texts are composed in Sutra style of writing or short terse aphorisms. The sutras lay equal stres ...ls, the Dharmasutras include a broader scope of treatment of a human being in social, economic, political, religious and philosophical spheres. A point o
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• Nachiketa (नचिकेताः)
  ...gend is one of the oldest in Vedic literature. Nachiketa is also mentioned in the Kataka Brahman, which is now part of Taittriya Brahmana. The Kathopanis There are many versions of the name Nachiketa, as seen in different texts
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• Yama Deva (यमदेवः)
  ...he god of death. Following are a few important aspects about Yama as given in various texts. ...r vices, he assigns suitable punishments depending on the severity of sins in their earthly lives and are all sent to naraka (hell).
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• Sadvrutta (सद्वृत्तम्)
  ...This code of conduct is described under the section of preventive medicine in Ayurveda. It is believed that, when religiously observed, this code of cond ...ideline on how these activities and behavioral patterns should be observed in order to have their only positive impact on life.
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• Veera Narayana Temple, Belavadi, Chikmanguluru, Karnataka
  ...illage of Belavadi, Chikamagalur district, Karnataka. The temple was built in the 12^th century CE by the Hindu dynasty of the Hoysalas, based ...his story from ''The Mahabharata'' is famously associated with many places in [[Bharatavarsha (भरतवर्षम्)|Bharatavarsha]]. Belavadi is
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• Women's health and Ayurveda
  ...a advocates use of natural methods to preserve and promote positive health in woman. Special attention has been given to her potential of giving a childb ...ka in Vimanasthanam (विमानस्थानम्).<ref>Charak Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read Vimanasthanam Adhyaya 8 Sutra 94])</ref>
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• Four Oceans in Rigveda (ऋग्वेदोक्त चतुःसमुद्राः)
  ...]''. Gauhati University. (Chapter 5 : Geographical Information as recorded in the Rgvedasamhita)</ref> ...ties. The use of the word "samudram" in the sense of the ocean is met with in the Rigveda. Samudra is said to be the chief of waters.<ref name=":0" />
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• Jatakarma (जातकर्म)
  ...hild-birth. The primitive wonder, supernatural fear and natural care were, in course of time, combined with the cultural devices and aspirations to prote == वेदेषु जातकर्म विषयाः ॥ Jatakarma in Vedic times ==
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• Varuthini and Pravara (वरूथिनी प्रवरश्च)
  ...pict the impressionable nature of a young woman's mind and the role it has in shaping the personality of her children. ...he Asvini devatas in beauty of form. He was gentle in disposition, upright in conduct, he had studied all the Vedas and Vedangas; always gracious to gues
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• Preservation of the Vedas (वेदपरिरक्षणम्)
  ...housands of years, वैदिकविद्या || Vedic education was imparted to students in a गुरुशिष्य-परम्परा || guru-shishya parampa ...m of recitation of the मन्त्राः ॥ mantras - these were all the root causes in protecting the one integral voice of Vedas.
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• Vidya (विद्या)
  ...uired for attaining the higher worlds). Whatever is studied is all unified in the word Brahman.... Therefore they speak of an educated son as being condu ...0 owing to several causes.<ref name=":0">Altekar, A. S. (1944) ''Education in Ancient India.'' Benares : Nand Kishore and Bros.,</ref>
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• Aims of Gurukula System (गुरुकुलव्यवस्थायाः लक्ष्याणि)
  ...ary or professional, was to make the student fit to deal with the problems in life, train him to develop those qualities that would make him a beneficial ...the importance of duties of the student and the famous convocation address in 11th Anuvaka of Taittiriya Upanishad, sums up the importance of these dutie
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• Raktamokshana (रक्तमोक्षणम्)
  ...levant details on Raktamokshana have been described in Ayurveda literature in depth.
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• Kumbh Mela (कुम्भ मेला)
  ...Mela beckons to them and they respond – emerging from their distant abodes in jungles, caves or mountains. The wanderers too, turn their steps towards th ...return to ashes. After the bathing of sages, it is auspicious to take bath in the holy water.
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• Knowledge Acquisition Process
  ...o that we named our country ‘Bharat’ which latterly means a land of people in pursuit of knowledge. Knowledge is considered very holy, very pure and a ma # Nature of elements found in the creation can be defined as its ‘guna dharma’ (गुणधर्म
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