Society and Economy Panchamahayagya
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Society and Economy
- Sapinda: Blood relations on the mother՚s side; persons on thee same gotra on thee father՚s side
- Varnasamkara: castes emerged due to foreign, prohibited and communal marriages
- Grhyasutra mentions about Samskara:
- Garbhadhana: to promote conception
- Pumsavana: to procuree a male child
- Simantonnayana: to ensure safety to child in womb
- Jatakarma: birth ceremony before cutting of umbilical chord
- Namakarna: the naming ceremony on the 10th or 12th day after birth.
- Niskarma: child taken out of home and shown the sun for the first time
- Annaprasanna: first feeding of solid food
- Chudakarma: took place in the 3rd year of boys
- Karnavedha: Ear-piercing
- Vidyarambha: Between 5 and 7
- Investiture: Upanayana - Second birth - which is ideal for the Bra - 8 year; Kshatriyas - 10 years; Vaisyas - 12 years
- Vedaramha: studing of Veda
- Kesanta: the first saving of beard
- Samavartana: the ritual ending of the student life
- Vivaha: marriage
- Antyesti: the funeral ritual
- In Manusmriti: 12 Samaskaras mentioned; in Grihya Sutra between 12 to 18; and in Gautama՚s Dharamsutras 16.
- Gotra: for the first time appeared in the Athrava Veda
- Chandrayana: Appeared in Baudhayana Sutra, which means a man marrying the same gotra must perform Chandrayana penance.
- Kalivarjya: Widow Remarriage - customs once permissible.
- According to Arthashastra: mere are three types of Conquests:
- Dharamavijya- Righteous conquest
- Zhowijaya: Greed Conquest
- Aasuravijya: Demonic Conquest
Panchamahayagya
- Gautama regarded Panchamahayagya as a part of the Sansakara
- Brahama Yagya: for in-tellectual growth, for Gurus;
- Deva Yagya: To get rid of the obligations and loans of the God;
- Butta Yagya: from life loan;
- Pitri yagya: from the loan of fa-thfir;
- AthithiYagya: from the loan of the whole society
- Srauta yagya: Gautama has mentioned Sapt Havir yagya According to Asvalayana
- Aganayaya: two days ritual of wife and husband with four priests;
- Dashapurnanmasha;
- Chaturmasha;
- Agrayana: related to Agriculture;
- Kamayesti: Age, wealth, son, health;
- Agnistoma: Basically, it is a kind of Soma Yagya; according to Gautama, Soma Yagya were of seven types:
- Agnistoma,
- Atyarinstoma,
- Ukashya,
- Shodasina,
- Vajpeya
- Attiratra,
- Apttoyarma