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In this book, we analyze the psycho-social consequences that Indian American children face after they are exposed to the school textbook discourse on Hinduism and ancient India. We show that there is an intimate connection―an almost exact correspondence―between James Mill’s ( a prominent politician in Britain and head of the British East India Company) colonial-racist discourse and the current school-textbook discourse. Consequently, this archaic and racist discourse, camouflaged under the cover of political correctness, produces in the Indian American children the same psychological impact as racism is known to produce: shame, inferiority, embarrassment, identity confusion, assimilation, and a phenomenon similar to racelessness where the children dissociate from the tradition and culture of their ancestors

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Mahāhavis

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Māhavis literally means ‘the great offering’.

Cāturmāsya is the technical term used to indicate three Vedic rituals of the iṣti type. They are:

  1. Vaiśvadeva
  2. Varuṇa - praghāsa
  3. Sākamedha

These offerings are performed at four monthly intervals.

Sākamedha, the last, is spread over two days. Mahāhavis or the great offering is an important ritual in this sacrifice. Eight oblations are offered to eight deities like Indra, Agni, Mahendra and Viśvakarman. Of these eight, five are common to the other two sacrifices also. The other three are:

  1. Cakes offered to Indra and Agni
  2. Twelve kapālas (potsherds) and caru (porridge) to Indra
  3. Cake to Viśvakarman

References[edit]

  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

Contributors to this article

Apurva Mahendra Bhangdia, Deval Sancheti

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