…Ritual baths have been discovered in the ruins of the Indus civilization. In Brahmanic ceremonies, there are often baths for purification (dīkṣā), sanctification by bathing in consecrated water (abhiṣeka), and baths to purify the impurities of death (udakopasparśana). There are also cases where the first bathing of a newborn is part of the birth ritual. Among Hindu rituals, baths (snāna) held at pilgrimage sites (tīrtha) centered around the Ganges River basin are prominent. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "udakopasparśana" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…インダス文明の遺構には,儀礼に用いたとされる〈沐浴場〉が発見されている。バラモン教の祭式の中には,潔斎のための沐浴(ディークシャーdīkṣā)や,聖別した水で沐浴することによる聖別(アビシェーカabhiṣeka),死の穢れなどをはらうための沐浴(ウダコーパスパルシャナudakopasparśana)などがしばしば現れ,新生児の初湯を誕生儀礼の一環とする例もある。ヒンドゥー教の儀礼の中では,ガンガー(ガンジス)川流域を中心とする巡礼地(ティールタtīrtha)で行われる沐浴(スナーナsnāna)が顕著である。… ※「udakopasparśana」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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