A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Deva-rna
This page describes Deva-rna which is located on page 488 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) [by Arpita Chakraborty]
According to this concept each man has to pay back three types of debts-these are the debt towards gods, the debt towards teacher, and the debt towards parents, respectively known as deva rina, rishi rina and pitri rina. The first of these was usually repaid by means of prayer of the gods of elements such as that of water, fire, air and rains and the performance of yajnas for their propitiation....
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana [by Chaitali Kadia]
These three debts are Rishirna (Sage-debt), Pitririna (Patriarchal debt) and Devarina (God debt). According to the Taitiriya Samhita (TS-6/3/10/5), the person was obliged to repay the debt. That is to say, people were obliged to repay the loan to sages by studying the Vedas , to repay the Pitririna by descendants and to repay the Devarina by sacrifice. These three debts are also mentioned in Matsya Purana....
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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: वेदा मुखं धर्म उरस् तथैव पृष्ठं ह्य् अधर्मश् च मनुर् मनीषा अङ्गानि देवा असुराश् च पादाः सर्वा सृतिर् देव तनुस् तव स्यात् veda mukham dharma uras tathaiva prishtham hy adharmash ca manur manisha angani deva asurash ca padah sarva sritir deva tanus tava syat vedah—the Vedas; mukham—mouth; dharma—religion; urah—chest; tatha—so; eva—indeed; prishtham—back; hy—indeed; adharmash—irreligion; ca—and; manuh—Manu; manisha—intelligence; angani—limbs; deva—the demigods...
Read full contents: Verse 6.3.10
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