Udakopasparśana (English spelling) Udakopasparsana

Japanese: udakopasparśana(英語表記)udakopasparsana
Udakopasparśana (English spelling) Udakopasparsana

…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

Japanese:

…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

<<:  Udaya (English spelling)

>>:  Udaiyar (English spelling)

Recommend

The Chronicles of Igor's War (English: The Chronicles of Igor's War)

An ancient Russian epic poem. The author and his s...

Lubbock - Sir John Lubbock

British banker and author. He succeeded his fathe...

Bell section - Kane no Dan

The name of a part of the Noh play "Mii-dera&...

Taifu [Village] - Yasuoka

A village in Shimoina County in southern Nagano Pr...

Pterophoridae

…General term for insects in the family Pterophor...

Fundamental tax - Kikanzei

Tax items that account for a large proportion of t...

Ethiopian race - Ethiopian (English spelling) Athiopians

A Negroid race that is in the Caucasoid contact zo...

Fujiwara Takamitsu

Year of death: 5.3.10 (994.4.23) Year of birth: Un...

Werth, E. (English spelling) WerthE

… [Type of hoe] Hoes vary in the length and shape...

Large Ginkgo Topknot - Oichomage

…In the Edo period, many sumo wrestlers became em...

Letter of indictment - Kanjo

〘noun〙① A document in which thoughts are written d...

Galactic coordinates

A type of celestial coordinate system that repres...

Institute of Developing Economies

A research institute established with the aim of ...

Gynura bicolor - Gynura bicolor

A perennial plant of the Asteraceae family, native...

Frithiofs Saga - Frithiofs Story (English)

A full-length epic poem by Swedish poet Tegnér, pu...