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Dvija (Sanskrit: द्विज) means "twice-born". The concept is premised on the belief that a person is first born physically and at a later date is born for a second time spiritually, usually when he undergoes the rite of passage that initiates him into a school for Vedic studies.
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- Varna System
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Asrama refers to the four stages of individual life prescribed for all twice-born Hindu males. A human's life was divided into four stages of equal time. Brahmacharya ("student life") for 25 years, Grihastha ("householder life"), after marriage, for another 25 years, Vanaprastha or age of retirement for another 25 years ("anchorite life") and if af...
Varna is a Sanskrit term meaning "colour." Hinduism categorizes humansociety into four "Varnas" indicative of the group's social standing in marital and occupational matters. These four varnas are as follows: 1. Brahmin - "scholarly community," including teachers, doctors, and other scholars. 2. Kshatriya - "warriors and rulers or politicians commu...
It is very clear that in the early Vedic times, the Varna system (if at all it existed) meant classes with free mobility of jobs and intermarriage. One hymn of the Rig Vedastates: 1. कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना । (RV 9.112.3) 1. "I am a bard, my father is a physician, my mother's job is to grind the corn......" The Dharmashastras (a collection...
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The Twice Born Fiction. : Meenakshi Mukherjee. Arnold-Heinemann, 1974 - Indic fiction (English) - 240 pages.
- Meenakshi Mukherjee
- Arnold-Heinemann, 1974
- the University of Virginia
Rare Book Society of India
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