Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Sacraments of Dhimal people of Eastern Nepal

Dr. Mrs. Kamala Dahal

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Sacraments are the means of purifying a person in this life and for the life after death. The word Samskara is used to mean ‘religious purificatory rites and ceremonies for sanctifying the body, mind, and intellect of an individual, so that he may become a full fledged member of the community’ (Pandey, 1982: 16) and also sanctifying, impressing, refining and perfecting the entire individualities of the recipient, (Pandey, 1982: 17). Samskara also represents the ability of a person and it is a way of getting this ability. For example, the newborn baby is known from his name from the naming sacrament. In the same way marriage ceremony indicates the perfectness of a person. Therefore, different kinds of sacraments are performed in different ages to show their ability. It is a means of purification and it proves the capacity of doing something in the society. Therefore, different cultural groups perform different kind of rites and sacraments. This is a step of taking profession also. The sacraments show the childhood, maturity, adulthood, and seniority of a person.

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SACRAMENTS OF DHIMAL PEOPLE OF EASTERN NEPAL, Dr. Mrs. Kamala Dahal GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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