A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Parivedana
This page describes Parivedana which is located on page 508 of the second 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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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
—(60) Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha This verse is quoted in Prayashcittaviveka (p. 192), which has the following notes—‘Parivittita’, of the elder brother who remains without wife and fire while his younger brother has taken both,—‘parivedana’ of the younger brother, in the said circumstances,—‘ca’ indicates that these two ‘offences’ apply in the case of sisters also,—the marrying of one’s daughter to either of the two persons just mentioned,—and officiating as priest at marriages and...
Read full contents: Verse 11.60
The Skanda Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
(If the elder brother happens to be) impotent, in exile, dumb, a sluggish one, one who has renounced the world, humpback, dwarf or a fallen one, there is no harm in Parivedana (‘supersession in marriage etc. ). 106. The Brahmana who sells the Vedas incurs as many Bhrunahatya (‘killing a foetus ) sins as the Vedic syllables he has utilized for monetary gain. 107. If a person who has become a recluse has sexual intercourse thereafter, he is born as a worm in faeces for sixty thousand years. 108....
Read full contents: Chapter 40 - Duties of a Householder
Natyashastra (English) [by Bharata-muni]
Ag. reads this as a variant of the def. of paridevana (parivadana of Bhoja, parivada of Sharadatanaya, parivedana of Sarveshvara) See B.XVI.39 foot note (*). The meaning of its def. is not clear. (* 35) Cf. SD. 466. Ag. reads this def. in translation as follows: When a proclamation of various qualities of a person takes place, but his faults are not given out, it is [called an instance of] Enumeration of Merits (guna-kirtana). See B.XVI. 9. (* 36) Cf. SD. 469....
Read full contents: Chapter XVII - Diction of a Play (lakshana)
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