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