A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Utsava
This page describes Utsava which is located on page 468 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 “Utsava” according to 21 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana [by Gaurapada Dasa]
vasanti—O jasmine creeper; prayasyasi—you will get; maha—great; utsavam—a festival (or ut-sava—a blossoming). O jasmine creeper, spring will arrive today or tomorrow. Why are you withered? You will get a good flowering (or a great festival). atra jnapyaya nayikaya vinaivaropam lata-vrittantenaiva vacyarthopapattih. Here the logical congruity of the literal sense occurs only by the behavior of the creeper, without an introsusception of the ladylove, who is understood....
Read full contents: Text 10.82
Manasara (English translation) [by Prasanna Kumar Acharya]
The measurement in comparison with the principal idol is called the utsava height; (of the three kinds of the utsava height), the largest one should be equal to the height of the principal idol, the intermediate one should be three-fourths of it, and the smallest one should be a half of it: these are said to be the three kinds of the utsava height. 37-39....
Read full contents: Chapter 55 - The Jain images (jaina-lakshana)
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra [by T. S. Syamkumar]
The early Agamas like Nishvasa, Brahmayamala and Matangaparameshvara do not deal with the Utsava-Prayashcitta. The Agamas like Ajita, Dipta etc. describes the Utsava related expiations in detail. It reveals that Utsava and related rites were the later additions in Shaiva Tantra. (* 1) The study of Filliozat indicates that the probable region of redaction of Ajitagama is in Tamil speaking place and possibility of its composing period is in between 10th and 12th century CE....
Read full contents: 1.7. Expiatory Rites in Ajitagama and Diptagama
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