Shiva-Parvati (Iconography)
author: Thomas Eugene Donaldson
edition: 2007, D. K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
pages: 1201
ISBN-10: 8124603596
ISBN-13: 9788124603598
Topic: Shilpashastra
Panigrahana
This chapter describes Panigrahana located on page 127 in the book Shiva-Parvati and Allied Images (Their Iconography and Body Language). This book deals with the study of sculptures of Shiva-Parvati and other images such as the Murtis of Anugraha, Umamaheshvara and Umasahita as well as the mythological background of the deities represents by those sculptures. The two volumes contain over 700 images dedicated to the study of postures and body language of various sculptures, the sculptor’s technique.. This chapter is part of the collection Iconography and Images of Marriage and conjugal life.
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita [by Pranab Jyoti Kalita]
Thus, the system of Panigrahana shows the significance of the husband in the family, in comparison to the wife....
Read full contents: 5c. The Concept of Panigrahana (= holding of the hands of the bride)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
’—(43) Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha This verse is quoted in Viramitrodaya (Samskara, p. 835);—and in Smrititattva (II, p. 107), which latter adds that this verse makes it clear that ‘marriage’ is something distinct from the ‘holding of the hand’ (Panigrahana). Comparative notes by various authors Vishnu (24.4).—‘In the marriage of a girl of the same caste as himself, the hand has to be held.’ Yajnavalkya (1.62)....
Read full contents: Verse 3.43
Kautilya Arthashastra [by R. Shamasastry]
(Marriage Contracts) [As regards marriages among the three higher castes, rejection of a bride before the rite of panigrahana, clasping of hands, is valid but among the Shudras, before nuptials. Even in the case of a couple that has gone through the rite of panigrahana,] rejection of a bride whose guilt of having lain with another man has been afterwards detected is valid. But never so in the case of brides and bridegrooms of pure character and high family....
Read full contents: Chapter 15 - Rescission of Purchase and Sale
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[Shiva-Parvati (Iconography): index]
[About the Author (Thomas Eugene Donaldson)]
[Introduction]