Re: Hinduism and menstruation
Originally Posted by
Jivattatva
which have no basis in shastras.
If there are specifically for this practice, please give me the precise quote.
Pranam
Here is what Manu smriti says in chapter 5
66. (A woman) is purified on a miscarriage in as many (days and) nights as months (elapsed after conception), and a menstruating female becomes pure by bathing after the menstrual secretion has ceased (to flow).
This is strange one as a young lad I could never understand why I could not touch my mother or her bad.
Yes this tradition is still observed in most Hindus in varying degree at least not taking part in religious activities.
I don’t think this should be looked in any way as degrading women but an acknowledgement of their difficult time and may be allow for their mood swings, also they have an enforced break from mundane chores.
Jai Shree Krishna
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
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