A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Prayascitta
This page describes Prayascitta which is located on page 565 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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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Prayascitta” according to 40 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Caraka himself counts penance (prayash-citta) as a name of medicine (bheshaja) and Cakrapani,in commenting on this, says that as prayash-citta removes the diseases produced by sins, so medicines (bheshaja) also remove diseases, and thus prayash-citta is synonymous with bheshaja. But what is this Ayurveda? We now possess only the treatises of Caraka and Sushruta, as modified and supplemented by later revisers....
Read full contents: Part 1 - Ayurveda and the Atharva-veda
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra [by T. S. Syamkumar]
According to the etymological evolution of the term Prayashcitta, Michaels writes: “In classical Dharmashastra sources, e. g. Manusmriti, Prayashcitta was often used as a synonym for Nishkriti, (ni) Shuddhi or Kricchra, and sometimes even Vrata....
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Atithi or Guest Reception (study) [by Sarika. P.]
Where as Shankhasmriti says about brahmacarya, pancamahayajna, ashauca, prayashcitta etc. Almost all the smritis considered acara and prayashcitta as the two important subject of discussion. Major Smritis like Manusmriti and Yajnavalkyasmriti gave equal importance to vyavahara also....
Read full contents: Part 6 - Content of Dharmashastras
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