Essay name: Glories of India (Culture and Civilization)
Author: Prasanna Kumar Acharya
This book, “Glories of India on Indian Culture and Civilization”, emphasizes the importance of recognizing distinct cultural traits across different societies. The historical narrative of Indian civilization highlights advancements in agriculture, medicine, science, and arts, tracing back to ancient times. The author argues for the need to understand the past to meaningfully engage with the present and future.
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FAMILY LIFE OF SACRAMENTS AND SACRIFICES 17 Asvalayana differ regarding the total number men- tioned in their texts The treatises of Gautama and Angirasa belong to the Grihya-satra class whose busi- ness is to deal with sacraments only, and should not encroach upon the field of the Srautasutras which deal with sacrifices. The treatise of Asvalayana is classed under Kalpa-sūtra which combines the function of the Grihya sūtra and Srautasūtra and may therefore refer to both sacraments and sacrifices. The list of Gan- tama rightly excludes Vishṇu-bali and Nishkramaṇa as sacraments. The four Veda-Vratas which are performed by a student in his teacher's house and form the com- bined duties of the student life (Brahma-charya) should also be excluded from the list of sacraments for which the father is responsible. Thus the sacraments proper are ten in mumber (daśa-saṃskāra) which are traditionally known even to day. The rest of all the three lists are sacrifices only. Of these sacrifices muumbering twenty-six, nine, and nine in the three lists respectively, Mahāyajñas numbering five in Gautama, but unaccount- ably one in both Angirasa and Âśvalayana are but a summary of the householder's duties of the five daily sacrifices The first one (Brahmayajña) is the recitation of the Gayatri hymn and as such it is not a Simantonnayana….. l 1 3.
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