Apastamba Gryha Sutra, in verse 1.1.1.27, places a maximum age limit of 24 for the Upanayana ceremony.
If anyone exceeds this age for the ceremony, will there be any negative consequence?
The question is simple but I think the problem is not so simple. Recently the rate of answering on meta is very poor.
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One of my Hindu friend from Maratha community lost his dad in an accident. Right after the last rites his relatives are forcing him to marry within a year or else he'll have to wait for 3 years as a custom, which has no reason except it's a tradition.
He is already not come to terms with the los...
@AnkitSharma Reopen vote for that question. HAHA. Its time that I stop participating in any activity of the site. Just looking at actual question before editing, 1st, one can know how question was asked!!
@Mr_Green Moderators get a notification when a meta is posted and @AnkitSharma question is in hot list for a day or two. I don't think that's unknowingly done.
Why is intercaste marriage bad?
Is this just a case of Brahminical oppression to subdue the lower castes, or is there any spiritual, dharmic, or beneficial reason behind this practice?
What do the scriptures say about intercaste marriage?
Trying to study ManuSmriti.
1) What does Manusmriti say about inter-caste marriages?
2) Are there any punishments given for inter-caste marriages?
3) Are there any mentions of inter-caste marriages done by anybody in it?
4) I want all quotes mentioning inter-caste marriage in ManuSmriti.
Thi...
> त्यक्तस्वधर्माचरणा निर्घृणा: परपीडका: । चण्डाश्चहिंसका नित्यं म्लेच्छास्ते ह्यविवेकिन: ॥ ४४ ॥ (अर्थ : जो अपने धर्म का आचरण करना छोड़ दिया हो, निर्घृण हैं, दूसरों को कष्त पहुँचाते हैं, क्रोध करते हैं, नित्य हिंसा करते हैं, अविवेकी हैं - वे म्लेच्छ हैं।
> Meaning: Those who have ceased to practice their religion , are innocent, torture others, are angry, perpetrate violence, are unreasonable - they are mlechhas
Google translate translates the word as molestors.
@AnkitSharma harming is also a crime. It's not a general example.
म्लेच्छ प्राचीन भारत में दूसरे देशों से आये हुए लोगों को कहते थे जो ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य, और शूद्र से इतर थे। शुक्रनीतिसार में शुक्राचार्य का कथन है-
त्यक्तस्वधर्माचरणा निर्घृणा: परपीडका: ।
चण्डाश्चहिंसका नित्यं म्लेच्छास्ते ह्यविवेकिन: ॥ ४४ ॥
(अर्थ : जो अपने धर्म का आचरण करना छोड़ दिया हो, निर्घृण हैं, दूसरों को कष्त पहुँचाते हैं, क्रोध करते हैं, नित्य हिंसा करते हैं, अविवेकी हैं - वे म्लेच्छ हैं।)
== सन्दर्भ... ==
The below text is a rough outline of a story from Hindu Purana. But I don't know the exact story and the source text of that story. My interest in that story is that, it gives us an hint about relative nature of "Time" which was an "Unthinkable concept" before the introduction of relativity theor...
How is this question a duplicate? One asks for identifying a story about time travel and other question is examples of time travel. Question and answer both are different. closing ID should be different.
@Mr_Green But but that's an excellent question now. It might get reopened. We will now answer "Any crime is karma of previous life. Shut up if you are affected by anything. "
We can add a notice like that, but we will need some copy appropriate for this site. Maybe you all can come up with some suggestions in the answers below? — Jon Ericson ♦29 mins ago
@srimannarayanakv : Thanks!! This is the exact story I was searching for. — harish2704Sep 12 at 15:36
@Paṇḍyā I asked how it's a duplicate. Not the comment of OP thanking some user.
@Paṇḍyā lol. Answers on meta.
I cast my reopen vote on that question. Questions and answers are different. Answers do not write about Kakudmi story. Even the question asks example of time traveling which the new question doesn't. Questions should be same or answers should be same. It's neither.
> This question already has an answer here:
The question does not have the answer to the story which is asked.
What does the Bhagavad Gita mean when it says caste is based on Gunas? Does it mean trained, external behavior, or genetic predisposition?
For reference, this verse says,
4.13 - The [social] system of four castes was generated by Me according to division of Gunas and
Karma. Though I am the...
Consider the following excerpt regarding birth of Pandu
"Soon after Satyavati, O chastiser of foes, summoned Vyasa, after
having secured the assent of her daughter-in-law. Vyasa came according
to his promise, and approached, as before, the second wife of his
brother. And Ambalika behold...
In Shiv Purana posted here (I think it was by Keshav Srinivasan), Veerbhadra was asking Narasimha to leave this form. He cited several reasons one of them being that even Prahalad grandson has been blessed by Vamana.
Does it mean that Lord Vishnu had Vaman and Narasimha avatar going on simultan...
Why do people do evil actions? Is it due to karma?
Many people who do evil actions do so because they get evil thoughts and desires. Why do they think these evil thoughts and desires?
What do the scriptures say?