Panchamrita ( Skt. पञ्चामृत , pañcāmṛta IAST ) is a set of five elements used in Hindu ritual practice, in particular in the rite of abhisheka . [1] These are honey , milk , yogurt , sugar and ghee . During the abhisheka ceremony held during major Hindu holidays , the five elements of panchamrta are used to wash the murti of God , virgins, or saints. The liquid obtained after this is called charinamrita . Charinamrita is considered sacred and is distributed among believers who drink it and spray their heads on it.
Pañcāmṛta IAST is a Sanskrit compound word that consists of two parts: pañca IAST - “five” [2] and amṛta IAST - “nectar of immortality, ragweed , drink of the gods”. [3]
Notes
- ↑ “the collection of five sweet things used in worshipping deities” see: Apte, 1965 , p. 578,
- ↑ Apte notes that as the first member of a compound, the word पञ्चन् ("five") drops its final न् ; nominative form is पञ्च . See: Apte, 1965 , p. 578.
- ↑ Apte, 1965 , p. 138
Literature
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965), written at Delhi, The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary (Fourth revised and enlarged ed.), Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, ISBN 81-208-0567-4 , < https://books.google.com/books ? id = viCLcBdaPAEC >