A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Sucindram
This page describes Sucindram which is located on page 341 of the third 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 “Sucindram” according to 2 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) [by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy]
The images from Sucindram and Madura Temples given in plate L, agree with this, and, therefore, must have been sculptured after the above descriptions if the Agamas had become authoritative rules. In the Kailasanatha temple, however, the image is in a different pose thus showing that Agamic rules had not become crystallized at the time it was made. Fig. 2 in the above plate gives a sketch of this image in the Kailasanatha temple....
Read full contents: Chapter 4.5 - Puranic personalities (in the Tevaram)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) [by Somadeva]
The practice at the Sucindram temple is to convene, on an auspicious day, a yoga, or meeting, composed of the Valiya Shrl-kariyakkar, the Yogattil Potti, the Vattappalli Muttatu, and others, at which the preliminaries are arranged. The girl bathes, and goes to the temple on the morning of the selected day with two new cloths, betel leaves and nuts. The temple priest places the cloths and the tali at the feet of the image and sets apart one for the divine use....
Read full contents: Appendix 1.4 - Sacred Prostitution
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