{"id":2841,"date":"2018-11-08T13:19:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2018-11-08T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:19:57","slug":"hindu-rites-of-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/further-information-and-teaching-resources-secondary\/fact-sheets\/hindu-rites-of-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"HINDU RITES OF PASSAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Word document download: <a href=\"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FCT-0601.doc\">FCT-0601<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are sixteen principle rites of passage which are called \u2018Samskaras\u2019 (purificatory rites). They are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1. Garbhadhana (Conception)<\/p>\n<p>2. Pumsavana (Engendering a male issue)<\/p>\n<p>3. Simantonayana (Parting the hair)<\/p>\n<p>4. Jata Karma (Natal rites)<\/p>\n<p>5. Namakarana (Naming)<\/p>\n<p>6. Niskramana (First outing)<\/p>\n<p>7. Anaprasa (First grains)<\/p>\n<p>8. Chudakarrana (Tonsure)<\/p>\n<p>9. Karna-Vedha (Piercing the ear lobes)<\/p>\n<p>10. Vidyarambha or Akshararamba (Learning the alphabet)<\/p>\n<p>11. Upanayana (Sacred thread ceremony)<\/p>\n<p>12. Vedarambha (Commencing study of the Vedas)<\/p>\n<p>13. Keshanta (Cutting the hair)<\/p>\n<p>14. Samavartana (Graduating)<\/p>\n<p>15. Vivaha (Marriage)<\/p>\n<p>16. Antyesti (Cremation rite)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word document download: FCT-0601 There are sixteen principle rites of passage which are called \u2018Samskaras\u2019 (purificatory rites). They are as follows: 1. Garbhadhana (Conception) 2. Pumsavana (Engendering a male issue) 3. Simantonayana (Parting the hair) 4. Jata Karma (Natal rites) 5. Namakarana (Naming) 6. Niskramana (First outing) 7. Anaprasa (First grains) 8. Chudakarrana (Tonsure) 9. [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[302,298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fact-sheets-further-information-and-teaching-resources-primary","category-fact-sheets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskconeducationalservices.org\/HoH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}