Pandey, Raj Bali

Hindu Samskaras Socio-Religious Studyof the Hindu Sacraments - Delhi Motilal Banarsidass Publishers 1969 - 327p

includes index and biblioraphy

I. THE SOURCES OF INQUIRY
II. THE MEANING & THE NUMBER OF THE SAMSKARAS
III. THE PURPOSE OF THE SAMSKARAS
IV. THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE SAMSKARAS
V. THE PRE-NATAL SAMSKARAS
VI. THE SAMSKARAS OF CHILDHOOD
VII. THE EDUCATIONAL SAMSKARAS
VIII. THE VIVAHA (MARRIAGE CEREMONIES)
IX. THE ANTYESTI SAMSKARA (FUNERAL CEREMONIES)
X. CONCLUSION

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SS31.4 / P192