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| − | Mānasa-snāna literally means ‘mental bath’. | + | Mānasa-[[snāna]] literally means ‘mental bath’. |
| − | Before the performance of any ritualistic act, taking snāna or a bath is compulsory. However, sometimes due to some valid reasons like illness, decrepitude (due to old-age) or non-availability of facilities to take bath, it is not possible to fulfill this requirement. Under such circumstances, the dharmaśāstras have provided some alternatives like mantra- snāna and mānasa-snāna. | + | Before the performance of any ritualistic act, taking [[snāna]] or a bath is compulsory. However, sometimes due to some valid reasons like illness, decrepitude (due to old-age) or non-availability of facilities to take bath, it is not possible to fulfill this requirement. Under such circumstances, the dharmaśāstras have provided some alternatives like [[mantra]]- snāna and mānasa-snāna. |
| − | * In mantrasnāna one has to sprinkle a little water on the head with the repetition of the mantra ‘āpo hi ṣṭhā mayo bhuvah....’<ref>Ṛgveda 10.9.1-3</ref> | + | * In [[mantrasnāna]] one has to sprinkle a little water on the head with the repetition of the [[mantra]] ‘āpo hi ṣṭhā mayo bhuvah....’<ref>[[Ṛgveda]] 10.9.1-3</ref> |
| − | * In mānasa-snāna, one has simply repeat in the mind any name of Lord Viṣṇu and feel that he has been purified by that divine name. | + | * In mānasa-snāna, one has simply repeat in the mind any name of Lord [[Viṣṇu]] and feel that he has been purified by that divine name. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| − | * The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore | + | * The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram [[Krishna]] Math, Bangalore |
[[Category:Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism]] | [[Category:Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:04, 17 December 2016
By Swami Harshananda
Sometimes transliterated as: Manasa-snana, MAnasa-snAna, Maanasa-snaana
Mānasa-snāna literally means ‘mental bath’.
Before the performance of any ritualistic act, taking snāna or a bath is compulsory. However, sometimes due to some valid reasons like illness, decrepitude (due to old-age) or non-availability of facilities to take bath, it is not possible to fulfill this requirement. Under such circumstances, the dharmaśāstras have provided some alternatives like mantra- snāna and mānasa-snāna.
- In mantrasnāna one has to sprinkle a little water on the head with the repetition of the mantra ‘āpo hi ṣṭhā mayo bhuvah....’[1]
- In mānasa-snāna, one has simply repeat in the mind any name of Lord Viṣṇu and feel that he has been purified by that divine name.
References
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore