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• Jaata-Asoucha (जाताशौचम्)
  ...reated as an adult and the vidhis are described in cases of death dealt as in [[Mrta-Asoucha (मृताशौचम्)|Mrta-Asoucha]].
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• Mrta-Asoucha (मृताशौचम्)
  ...of days of Asoucha prescribed for each kind of situation. Factors involved in the Asoucha vidhis are one or a combination of the following *the generation to which the person belongs to in the lineage
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• Vidyarambha (विद्यारम्भः)
  ...(2020) Ph.D Thesis Titled: ''[http://hdl.handle.net/10603/309999 Samskaras in the Grihyasutras historical account of Jatakarma Upanyana Vivaha and Antyes ...Chaulam (चौलम्)|Chaulam]].<ref name=":0">Altekar, A. S. (1944) ''Education in Ancient India.'' Benares : Nand Kishore and Bros., (Pages 265 - )</ref>
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• Vedanga Jyotisha (वेदाङ्गज्योतिषम्)
  ...Jyotisha is used to mean predictive astrology (Phalita Jyotisha), however in Vedangas the word Jyotisha is associated with the science of Astronomy whic ...the calculations for eclipses, full moon (Amavasya) and new moon (Purnima) days, of nakshatras (stellar constellations) as it is required for determining t
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• Childhood Samskaras (बाल्यावस्थे संस्काराः)
  ...instruments and the substances that were employed in the rituals followed in these sacraments had their own social, cultural and symbolic significance, ...ical aspects of daily life which are becoming insignificant in the present day society.
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• Upaveshana Samskara (उपवेशन संस्कारः)
  ...mskara done in the period when the child is made to sit for the first time in life. Making a baby sit with or without support, baby's ability to do so by ...rious Samskara’s with their Scientific and Medical Importance in Pediatric Age Group. International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research. 2017;5(5):78-
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• Educational Samskaras (विद्याभ्याससंस्काराः)
  ...(2020) Ph.D Thesis Titled: ''[http://hdl.handle.net/10603/309999 Samskaras in the Grihyasutras historical account of Jatakarma Upanyana Vivaha and Antyes ...tem of education was not just to bring out an educated person well trained in the vocations of life, rather it was to create responsible social beings wh
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• Principles of Education (शिक्षणसिद्धान्ताः)
  ...dinis]] such as Gargi, Maitreyi etc clearly depict that women were engaged in vedic studies since ages. The Dvija varnas (the first three varnas) thus re To enforce this goal several steps and measures were built in the education system.
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• Virechana (विरेचनम्)
  ...under the supervision and advise of Vaidya or concerned physician trained in conducting Panchakarmas. ...red through anal route in basti while it is administered though oral route in virechana.
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• Kalamana (कालमानम्)
  ...acrocosmic time scales (Svetavaraha kalpa, Vaivasvata Manvantara etc) only in the samkalpa of our daily puja rituals.<ref name=":2" /> ...ramanas are common in all parts of India, some calculations such as of the day or a year are set variously by people of different cultures of India.
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• Asoucha (आशौचम्)
  ...preventing socialization extending to a long period of time (even a month in some cases).<ref name=":0">Shama Sastry, R. (1921) ''Smritichandrika, Asauc ...times. It is a sensible deliberate process by which we accept the changes in nature by practical and philosophical ways.
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• Vaidika Kala Mapana (वैदिककालमापनम्)
  ...लमापनम्) refers to the various divisions of [[Kala (कालः)|time]] discussed in [[Vaidika Vangmaya (वैदिकवाङ्मयम्)|Vedic literatu ...(2019). Main characteristics and achievements of ancient Indian astronomy in historical perspective. 10.1007/978-981-13-7326-8_24. </ref>
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• Valmiki Rshi (वाल्मीकि ऋषिः)
  ...ords, the collective unconscious of a culture gives me to mythology, which in turn enriches it. ...e people preserve these myths and pass them down the ages. if this is kept in mind, fundamentalists will not keep quarreling about the validity of each o
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• Suvarnaprashana (सुवर्णप्राशनम्)
  ...c perspective (आयुर्वेदे गुणाः)|gunas (गुणाः)]] and [[Therapeutic activity in Ayurveda (आयुर्वेदे कर्म)|karmas (कर्मा ...herapeutic effects of Suvarnaprashana therapy. Thus it can be administered in all children as it acts at the level of nutrition, metabolism, growth and d
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• Dharmawiki (धर्मविकि)
  ...in the Sanatana Dharmika treatises starting from the traditions set forth in the Vedas. ...iseased global family'. The society is stricken with countless evils (both in thought and deed) which translate into the diseases of the Humanity primari
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• Rajodharma (रजोधर्मः)
  ...s, as a period of rest, as a sacred celebration, from yoga perspective, as in Ayurveda, the restrictions and attitudes involved.<ref name=":6" /> ...to Bharatiya traditions, of these sixteen days of Rtukala, there are a few days on which certain restrictions are to be followed by women and not following
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• Rgvedic Dialogue Hymns (ऋग्वैदिकसंवादसूक्तानि)
  ...e a conversation between two entities (animate and inanimate) is presented in the sukta. It represents the earliest surviving sample of this genre, and c ...ying more attention to the characters or place of the storyline mentioned in the sukta.<ref name=":0">Dr. Ramnath Vedalankar (1976) ''Vedom ki varnan sh
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• Vasanta Rutucharya (वसन्त ऋतुचर्या)
  ...he year when the winter season in Bharata (भारतः) ends and the summer sets in. Hence this is the transition period from cold of winters to heat of summer ...variation in the names in 2 different cases. The list of season and months in Hindu calendar is given below,
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• Thiru Kudanthai
  ...he town extends about two miles in length from North to South and one mile in breadth from east to west and is surrounded by a number of Vishnu and Shiva ...ge Sarangapani temple is in the center of the town and all roads are paved in such a way that they lead us to the shrine. It is considered a hub of adhya
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• Namakaranam (नामकरणम्)
  ...s: Vikrama Publications. (Pages 130-144)</ref> To give individual identity in relation with the father, family and society, a name is selected for the ch As quoted in Viramitrodaya, Brhaspati with a poetic exaggeration remarks about the desir
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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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• Gurukul in the 21st century
  ...n front of us is that of a natural environment in a jungle with an ashram, in the ashram there are many small, thatched huts and rishis are doing yagya. ...imagery of a traditional Gurukul. A lot seems to have changed since those days. This includes the uniforms, language, subjects, context, mentality of the
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• Upanayana (उपनयनम्)
  ...e Saṁskāras with [[Varnashrama Dharma (वर्णाश्रमधर्मः)|Varna and Āśramas]] in the sense of duty has been established by many authors and historians. ...e upadesha of Gayatri mantra which prepares him for the study of vedas, or in more modern terms the child enters the schooling phase of life ([[Brahmacha
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• Rivers in Rigveda (ऋग्वेदे नदीनां विवेचनम्)
  ...rn region of India and they represent some of the oldest human settlements in the world.
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• Aranyaka (आरण्यकम्)
  ...ere works to be read in the forest’ as against the Brahmanas used by those in grhastha ashrama.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0" /> ...fe of man. The speculative and intuitive thinking appears to be developing in that stage. Meditative thinking is conspicuous. The Vedic man seems to be t
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• Vidyarthi's Qualities (विद्यातुराणां लक्षणानि)
  ...ls and inferiors. These rules afforded an imperceptible but effective help in the formation of character of a student.<ref name=":0" /> ...uld have given in texts like Smritis, Mahabharata, Chanakyaneeti and later day sources like Subhashitas.
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• Nakshatras (नक्षत्राणि)
  ...(1900), Shabda Sagara, First Edition, Entry: [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.195943/page/n375/mode/2up Nakshatra.]</ref> ...ra) near which the moon was seen, resulting in calling the asterism as the day's nakshatra, from which the 27 asterismal segments of the zodiac came into
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• Jnana Sopanam (ज्ञानसोपानम्) - Buddhi Yoga (बुद्धियोगम्)
  ...rsha. Today, countless number of people play this game all over the globe. In this series of articles presented here we bring forward to you the evolutio Snakes and Ladders is game can be found in various versions with various names across Bharatavarsha. Vaikuntha Pali, M
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• Srirangam
  ...orm of Sri Ranganatha is seen reclining on the coils of Adisesha. A temple in tamil is called 'koil'. However, among the Vaishnavas, the common noun koil ...has its own pushkarini (pond). And it is mostly, geographically, situated in the vicinity of a river.
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• Snataka Dharma (स्नातकधर्मः)
  ...(स्नातकः ॥ a graduate), that is, those who have completed their education in the [[Brahmacharyashrama (ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमः) ...्मः)|Varnashrama Dharma]] in the various Smrti texts. Manusmrti elaborates in detail about the code of conduct for a Snataka. His personal as well as soc
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• Pramanas for Dharma (धर्मप्रमाणानि)
  ...ood ground since time immemorial. That Vedas are the source of all Dharma (in moral, social, religious, judicial, and adhyatmik sense) is irrefutably adv ...oneously and loosely in the sense of sanctioning various unrighteous deeds in the name of changing society and times by different people all over the glo
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