A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Sukriya
This page describes Sukriya which is located on page 347 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 “Sukriya” according to 6 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sankhayana-grihya-sutra [by Hermann Oldenberg]
It runs there thus, '. . . he shall direct (the student) to the duties of holiness according to the Sukriya rite, the teacher saying, "Be a Shukriya-brahmacarin;" the other one replying, "I will be a Shukriya-brahmacarin."...
Read full contents: Adhyaya II, Khanda 11
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
—‘The reciting of the following sacred texts is destructive of all sins:—The Shukriya, the Aranyaka and the Gayatri; also the eleven Rudra-mantras.’...
Read full contents: Verse 11.225
Gobhila-grihya-sutra [by Hermann Oldenberg]
Bloomfield's notes on Grihya-samgraha II, 42. 43); the Godana-vrata, to the study of the collections of verses sacred to the gods Agni, Indra, and Soma Pavamana (this is the Purvarcika of the Sama-veda); the Vratika-vrata, to the study of the Aranyaka, with the exclusion of the Shukriya sections; the Aditya-vrata, to the study of the Shukriya sections; the Aupanishada-vrata, to the study of the Upanishad-Brahmana; the Jyaishthasamika-vrata, to the study of the Ajyadohas.'...
Read full contents: Prapathaka III, Kandika 1
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