The Sanskrit term Sūryadarśana can be transliterated into English as Suryadarsana or Suryadarshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Sūryadarśana (सूर्यदर्शन) refers to “looking at the sun” and represents one of the various marriage rites of the Hindu Newars, mentioned in the Daśakarmavidhi: a marriage handbook from Bhaktapur containing both Hindu and Newar marriage ceremonies.—Despite many congruencies between Hindu Parbatiyā and Hindu Newar marriage handbooks, it becomes evident that Newar marriage handbooks mention specific ritual elements that cannot be found in the Brahmanical-Sanskritic texts.—The Sūryadarśana rite is usually performed at the House of the Groom and is mentioned under the sub-heading of “other marriage rites”.

Sūryadarśana has the following synonyms: Sūryodīkṣaṇa.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Prabhupada Books: Sri Caitanya Caritamrta

Sūryadarśana (सूर्यदर्शन) refers to “seeing the sun for the first time”, according to the Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta 1.4 (“Name-giving Ceremony, Childhood Pastimes, and Thieves Kidnap the Lord”).—The term bālaka-utthāna-parve refers to the occasion when a child is brought out of the maternity room. In ancient times the mother had to remain in the maternity room for four months after the child was born. This occasion is also known as sūryadarśana-saṃskāra, or seeing the sun for the first time.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Sūryadarśana (सूर्यदर्शन) refers to “looking at the sun”, as taught in the Nāgajanman (“birth of the Snakes”) section of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The black serpent opens its eyes in a week and the body becomes (externally) black in a month.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

India history and geography

Source: Academia: Ritual Period: A Comparative Study of Three Newar Buddhist Menarche Manuals

Sūryadarṣana (सूर्यदर्षन) refers to the “[reciprocal] viewing of the sun [god and the worshipper])” corresponding to the Newar, barha pikayagu (the taking out of barha). Barha is the name of a ritual for pre-puberty Newar girls which involves women leading the girl children out of their seclusion and, in an open space, make them engage ritually with images of the sun god and the sun itself, thus performing the Sūryadarśana. [...] Part of the ritual is “Performing the Darśana of the Reflection of Sūrya” (‘sūryabimba darśana yānācvaṃgu’)

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Darshana, Surya.

Starts with: Suryadarshanavrata.

Full-text: Darshana, Suryabimba, Suryodikshana.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

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Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)

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