Markandeya Purana (Study)
by Chandamita Bhattacharya | 2021 | 67,501 words
This page relates 鈥楿sed and Prohibited Food and Vegetables for Shraddha Ceremony鈥� of the study on the Markandeya Purana, one of the oldest of the eigtheen Mahapuranas preserving the history, civilisation, culture and traditions of ancient India. The Markandeyapurana commences with the questions raised by Rishi Jaimini (a pupil of Vyasa), who approaches the sage Markandeya with doubts related to the Mahabharata. This study examines various social topics such as the status of women, modes of worship, yoga, etc.
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Used and Prohibited Food and Vegetables for 艢r膩ddha Ceremony
The 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 mentions some food and vegetables generally used in the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony.
In this context, [the following have been mentioned to be used]:[1]
- 蝉测腻尘腻办补 grain,
- 谤腻箩补艣测腻尘腻办补 grain,
- small grained rice (辫谤补蝉腻迟颈办补),
- wild rice (苍墨惫腻谤补),
- 辫补耻峁补濒补 grain.
Elsewhere, [the following are also accepted in 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony]:[2]
- barley,
- 惫谤墨丑颈 rice,
- sesamum seed,
- wheat,
- green gram (mudga),
- mustard,
- 辫谤颈测补峁単耻 seed,
- 办辞惫颈诲腻谤补 seed and
- finest pulse.
This 笔耻谤腻峁卆 also mentions about the food and vegetables which should be avoided for 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony. Such as- 尘补谤办补峁璦办补 seed, 谤腻箩腻尘腻峁 pulse, 补峁嘘 grain, 惫颈辫谤腻峁办补 seed and lentils (尘补蝉奴谤补) are forbidden in a 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony.[3] Besides, garlic, red garlic, onions, carrots, asparagus (krambha) and whatever other vegetables which are shunned on their taste and colour, 驳腻苍诲丑腻谤颈办补, kadus, things which salty, salts, reddish juices, and additional salt are also prohibited for 艣谤腻诲诲丑补.[4]
The 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 also mentions about the type of milk and water that can be used in the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony. It is believed that cow鈥檚 milk and anything made by cow鈥檚 milk, 辫腻测补蝉补 etc. can satisfy the 辫颈迟峁泂 for one year.[5] Same topic is found to be mentioned in 驰补箩帽补惫补濒办测补蝉尘峁泃颈 and 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈 also.[6] Some milk should be avoided for the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补. For example, deer-milk, sheep-milk, camel鈥檚-milk, milk of one hoofed animals, buffalo-milk, yak-milk and milk from the cow that gave birth recently (not more than before ten days) (补-苍颈谤诲补艣补) etc.[7] 痴颈峁ａ箛耻辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 痴腻测耻辫耻谤腻峁嘺 and 叠谤补丑尘补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 also mentions about these prohibited milks.[8] Also some water should be avoided by the performer in the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补 ceremony which bad smell, foamy, taken from a small reservoir not used by all or from trough water taken by night, after cooked left over water, unused to drink etc are prohibited.[9]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ibid., 29.9
[2]:
Ibid., 29.10
[3]:
Ibid., 29.11
[4]:
濒补艣耻苍补峁� 驳峁浢眏补苍补峁� caiva 辫补濒腻峁囜笉耻岣� pi峁囜笉am奴lakam /
办补谤补尘产丑补峁� y膩ni c膩ny膩ni h墨n膩ni rasavar峁嘺ta岣� //
驳腻苍诲丑腻谤颈办补mal膩峁僢uni lava峁嚹亂u峁r膩峁噄 ca /
膩rakt膩 yeca 峁噄ry膩s膩岣� pratyak峁lava峁嚹乶i ca //
varjayett膩ni vai 艣r膩ddhe yacca 惫腻肠腻 na 艣syate / Ibid., 29.12-14 a
[5]:
蝉补尘惫补迟蝉补谤补峁� 迟补迟丑腻 驳补惫测补峁� 辫补测补岣� 辫腻测补蝉补meva v膩 // Ibid., 29.6 b
[6]:
驰补箩帽补惫补濒办测补蝉尘峁泃颈, 1.258; 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈, 3.271
[7]:
惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 29.17 b-19 a
[8]:
痴颈峁ａ箛耻辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 3.16.11; 痴腻测耻辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 78.17; 叠谤补丑尘补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 220.169
[9]:
惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 29.15 cd-17 ab; 痴颈峁ａ箛耻辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 3.16.10; 痴腻测耻辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 78.16