A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Mauni-amavasya
This page describes Mauni-amavasya which is located on page 312 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Mauni-amavasya” according to 49 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
‘On the moon-leas day’— on the Amavasya day. There also not at any and every time, but only ‘after having performed the Pitriyajna.’ That is, after having performed that Ptriyajna which has been prescribed in the Shruti. Thus the time for the Shraddha in question comes to be the same as that for this latter; and in connection with this it has been laid down that the Pindapitriyajna is to be performed on the Amavasya day, in the afternoon.’...
Read full contents: Verse 3.122
Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras [by Hermann Oldenberg]
Let a man sacrifice with the Amavasya sacrifice at the time of the Amavasya, new moon. Commentary. Ama-vasya is the dwelling together, i.e. the conjunction, of sun and moon, an astronomical expression which was adopted in the common language of the people at a very early time. It does not occur, however, in the Rig-veda. In our Sutra amavasya is used in the sense both of new moon and new-moon sacrifice. SUTRA LXIV....
Read full contents: Sutras 51-75
Cidgaganacandrika (study) [by S. Mahalakshmi]
While shrinking or with-drawing the light, she becomes the new moon, ‘amavasya or ‘kuhu . Light and darkness exist together at a time for the visual eye. Likewise, she exists simultaneously as light (creative force) and as darkness (the destructive force) at a time. In other words, creation starts where destruction ends and vice versa....
Read full contents: Verse 21 [Moon the motif of creation and destruction]
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