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Dharmic rituals after death | | Dharmic rituals after death: Encyclopedia - Dharmic rituals after death | | | The rituals prescribed in Dharmic religions after the death of a human being, for his or her peace and ascent to heaven are:
Niravapanjali is a sacred ritual in Hinduism where after the cremation rites, the ashes are ceremonially immersed in holy water by the closest relatives, so that the soul may rise to heaven. In Hindu mythology, king Bhagiratha performed a tapasya to bring down the river Ganga upon earth, so that he could immerse the ashes of ...
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Dharmic rituals after death
The rituals prescribed in Dharmic religions after the death of a human being, for his or her peace and ascent to heaven are:
- Niravapanjali is a sacred ritual in Hinduism where after the cremation rites, the ashes are ceremonially immersed in holy water by the closest relatives, so that the soul may rise to heaven. In Hindu mythology, king Bhagiratha performed a tapasya to bring down the river Ganga upon earth, so that he could immerse the ashes of sixty thousand of his slain ancestors in her sacred waters.
- Tarpana is a sacred ritual whereupon the closest relatives make a sacred offering to the Gods so that the departed soul may enter Swarga. In Hindu mythology, the Great Parasurama offered a tarpana for his father Jamadagni with the blood of his father's killer.
The ceremonial offerings varies across the spectrum of Hindu society. These cermonies also also practiced in Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism.
| Shruti (primary scriptures): |
Vedas | Upanishads | Bhagavad Gita | Itihasa (Ramayana & Mahabharata) | Agamas |
| Smriti (other texts): |
Tantras | Sutras | Puranas | Brahma Sutras | Hatha Yoga Pradipika | Smritis | Tirukural | Yoga Sutra |
| Concepts: |
Avatar | Brahman | Kosas | Dharma | Karma | Moksha | Maya | Ishta-Deva | Murti | Reincarnation | Samsara | Trimurti | Turiya | Guru-shishya tradition |
| Schools & systems: |
Schools of Hinduism | Early Hinduism | Samkhya | Nyaya | Vaisheshika | Yoga | Mimamsa | Vedanta | Tantra | Bhakti | Carvakas |
| Traditional practices: |
Jyotish | Ayurveda |
| Rituals: |
Aarti | Bhajans | Darshan | Diksha | Mantras | Puja | Satsang | Stotras | Wedding | Yajna |
| Gurus and saints: |
Shankara | Ramanuja | Madhvacharya | Madhavacharya | Ramakrishna | Vivekananda | Sree Narayana Guru | Aurobindo | Ramana Maharshi | Sivananda | Chinmayananda | Sivaya Subramuniyaswami | Swaminarayan | A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
| Denominations: |
Vaishnavism | Shaivism | Shaktism | Smartism | Agama Hindu Dharma | Contemporary Hindu movements | Survey of Hindu organisations |
| Hindu deities: |
List of Hindu deities | Hindu mythology |
| Yugas: |
Satya Yuga | Treta Yuga | Dwapar Yuga | Kali Yuga |
| Castes: |
Brahmin | Kshatriya | Vaishya | Shudra |
Other related archivesBhagiratha, Buddhism, Dharmic religions, Ganga, Hindu, Hindu mythology, Hinduism, Jainism, Jamadagni, Parasurama, Sikhism, Swarga, cremation, tapasya
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