Atithi or Guest Reception (study)
by Sarika. P. | 2022 | 41,363 words
This page relates 鈥楶addhatis (ceremonial guides)鈥� of the study on Atithi-Saparya鈥擳he ancient Indian practice of hospitality or 鈥済uest reception鈥� which, in the Indian context, is an exalted practice tracable to the Vedic period. The spirit of Vedic guest-reception (atithi-saparya) is reflected in modern tourism in India, although it has deviated from the original concept. Technically, the Sanskrit term Atithi can be defined as one who arrives from a far place with hunger and thirst during the time of the Vaishvadeva rite鈥攁 ceremony that includes offering cooked food to all Gods.
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Part 9 - Paddhatis (ceremonial guides)
These are same works on 顿丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补 which are known by the name 鈥�paddhati鈥�. The term 鈥�Paddhati鈥� is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 鈥�pad鈥� and 鈥�hati鈥�. Here Paddhati means trodden path or the tradition. These digests ultimately guide all religious ceremonies within Brahmanism, a religion that, forms its most archaic manifestation in the Vedas and has privileged sacred text in sanctioning all matters of doctrine and practice. According to the learned medieval exegete 叠丑补峁弓补 搁腻尘补办补峁囜弓丑补, for any scripture, a paddhati is a text which enables the performance of the rituals of that scripture along with the mantras that accompany them by succinctly arranging in the order of performance (1) the instructions explicitly stated in that scripture but dispersed in various places throughout its length, and (2) whatever else those explicit statements imply. An example is the 驰腻箩帽补蝉奴迟谤补 in the case of the 碍腻峁环补办补 Yajurveda.[1]
The following are famous paddatis.
- 莫艣膩na艣ivagurudeva paddhati,
- 鲍辫腻办补谤尘补 paddhati,
- Antye峁ａ弓ikarma paddhati,
- 叠谤补丑尘补测补箩帽补 paddhati,
- G膩yatri测腻驳补 paddhati,
- Lek峁测腻驳补 paddhati,
- Ma峁単ala艣膩ntyanu峁ａ弓膩na paddhati,
- Navagraha 测腻驳补 paddhati,
- Sandhyop膩sana paddhati,
- 艢ani艣膩ntyanu峁ａ弓h膩na paddhati,
- 艢谤墨 vidy膩sapary膩 paddhati,
- 艢谤墨 尘补丑腻惫颈诲测腻 puru峁haran paddhati,
- 艢谤墨 R膩macara峁嘺 paddhati,
- Vasi峁ａ弓hahavana paddhati,
- Vi峁ａ箛u测腻驳补 paddhati,
- Viv膩ha paddhati etc.