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• Dana (दानम्)
  ...possibly to defray the expenses / time spent in participating in the dana ritual. This protects the value of the main dana, so far as the donor is concerned * '''Ishta (इष्टा)''' : Acts which are primarily religious in nature (yajna, homa, tapas, atithi satkar etc) and are turned inwards, are called Ishta. The re
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• Asoucha (आशौचम्)
  ...hould be attributed to microbiological containment, and refers purely to a Ritual Isolation in which one has to conform to a certain place with some restric # Homa (performing yajnas etc)
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• Marriage (विवाह: संस्कार:)
  ...g fire oblations). After holding Patnī's hand Pati combinedly performs the homa. There is Homa (oblation in fire) at the time of Gṛhapraveśa.
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• Utsarga (उत्सर्गः)
  The havana ritual continues for another four days, when finally the mandapa is broken up. The ..., after which the Brahmins are given dakshina, including the cow and gold. Homa is continued over the next four days, when once again a feast is organised,
  48 KB (5,658 words) - 22:19, 12 March 2020
• Dharmic Dinacharya (धार्मिक दिनचर्या)
  ...ification. Without purification of the mouth, indulging in activities like ritual worship and chanting mantras etc. become fruitless and therefore one should ...arma, as per the prescribed tradition of their Gurus, everyone follows the ritual of either applying ash or sandalwood paste on their forehead in the morning
  51 KB (6,319 words) - 21:39, 5 February 2024
• Samskaras (संस्काराः)
  ...A person may particularly resist or disagree with any particular part of a ritual but does not deny the sacred environment created by the whole sacrament. # Homa is necessary in numerous rites and ceremonies.
  52 KB (6,560 words) - 19:05, 11 January 2023
• Bharatiya Samskrtika Parampara (भारतीयसांस्कृतिकपरम्परा)
  ...adhana (murti or vigraha worship). Agama texts support the view that Japa, Homa, Dhyana and Archa are the four methods to approach the divine and of these, # Kriya (Esoteric Ritual) lays the rules for temple construction and pratishta (consecration of deit
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