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:
    1. Garbhadhana: to promote conception
    2. Pumsavana: to procuree a male child
    3. Simantonnayana: to ensure safety to child in womb­
    4. Jatakarma: birth ceremony before cutting of umbilical chord­­
    5. Namakarna: the naming ceremony on the 10th or 12th day after birth.
    6. Niskarma: child taken out of home and shown the sun for the first time
    7. Annaprasanna: first feeding of solid food­
    8. Chudakarma: took place in the 3rd year of boys
    9. Karnavedha: Ear-piercing­
    10. Vidyarambha: Between 5 and 7
    11. Investiture: Upanayana - Second birth - which is ideal for the Bra - 8 year; Kshatriyas - 10 years; Vaisyas - 12 years
    12. Vedaramha: studing of Veda
    13. Kesanta: the first saving of beard
    14. Samavartana: the ritual ending of the student life
    15. Vivaha: marriage
    16. 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
    1. Brahama Yagya: for in-tellectual growth, for Gurus;
    2. Deva Yagya: To get rid of the obligations and loans of the God;
    3. Butta Yagya: from life loan;
    4. Pitri yagya: from the loan of fa-thfir;
    5. AthithiYagya: from the loan of the whole society
  • Srauta yagya: Gautama has mentioned Sapt Havir yagya According to Asvalayana
    1. Aganayaya: two days ritual of wife and husband with four priests;
    2. Dashapurnanmasha;
    3. Chaturmasha;
    4. Agrayana: related to Agriculture; ­
    5. Kamayesti: Age, wealth, son, health;
    6. Agnistoma: Basically, it is a kind of Soma Yagya; according to Gautama, Soma Yagya were of seven types: ­
    7. Agnistoma,
    8. Atyarinstoma,
    9. Ukashya,
    10. Shodasina,
    11. Vajpeya
    12. Attiratra,
    13. Apttoyarma