https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Nishkramana Nishkramana - Revision history 2026-08-21T04:09:46Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nishkramana&diff=302993&oldid=prev ImportMaster: robot: Add missing article in Category:Mahabharata 2022-01-09T04:50:43Z <p>robot: Add missing article in <a href="/wiki/Category:Mahabharata" title="Category:Mahabharata">Category:Mahabharata</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu rite of passage marking first outing}}<br /> {{Hinduism}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Nishkramana&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-sa|निष्क्रमण}}, {{IAST|Niṣkramaṇa}}) (literally, first outing) is the sixth of the 16 [[saṃskāra]]s (sacraments) practiced by the [[Hindu]]s. On the day of the &#039;&#039;Nishkramana&#039;&#039;, a square area in the courtyard from where sun can be seen is plastered with cow dung and clay and the sign of [[svastika]] is marked on it. The mother of the child scatters grains of rice over it. The child is brought by a nurse, and the ceremony ends when the father makes the child look at the sun with the sound of the [[Shankha|conch-shell]] and the chanting of [[Vedic]] hymns.&lt;ref name=&quot;pandey&quot;&gt;Pandey, R.B. (1962, reprint 2003). &#039;&#039;The Hindu Sacraments (Saṁskāra)&#039;&#039; in S. Radhakrishnan (ed.) &#039;&#039;The Cultural Heritage of India&#039;&#039;, Vol.II, Kolkata:The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, {{ISBN|81-85843-03-1}}, pp.390-413&lt;/ref&gt; According to the [[Manusmriti]] (II.34), in the fourth month after birth, the &#039;&#039;Nishkramana&#039;&#039; of the child should be performed.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|last=Buhler|first=George|title=The Laws of Manu|publisher=BiblioLife|orig-year=1886|year=2009|pages=21|isbn=978-0-559-07692-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=huzJI0-d6JAC&amp;q=Nishkramana&amp;pg=PA21}}&lt;/ref&gt; According to the &#039;&#039;Yamasmriti&#039;&#039;, quoted in &#039;&#039;[[Viramitrodaya]]&#039;&#039;, a child should see the sun in the third month and the moon in the fourth month after birth.&lt;ref name=&quot;pandey&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Hindu samskaras}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Samskaras]]</div> ImportMaster