Agnipravesham

Mughal painting of Sita undergoing the agnipravesham.

Agnipravesham (Sanskrit: अग्निप्रवेशम, romanizedAgnipraveśam, lit.'Fiery entrance'),[1] also called Agnipariksha (Sanskrit: अग्निपरीक्षा, romanizedAgniparīkṣā, lit.'fiery ordeal') is the mythical[2] practice of self-immolation described in Hindu literature.[3][4] It is primarily associated with the ordeal of Sita in the Ramayana, and is regarded to be a custom inspired by Vedic tradition.[5]

  1. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2017-08-29). "Agnipravesha, Agnipraveśa, Agni-pravesha: 11 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  2. ^ Joshi, Vivek Vishnupant (2018). History, Myth & Folktales in the Plays of Girish Karnad. Lulu.com. p. 142. ISBN 978-1387735457.
  3. ^ Dalal, Roshen (2014). Hinduism: an Alphabetical Guide. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-8184752779. OCLC 1132344222.
  4. ^ Muralidharan, Kavitha. "With just 11 stories this collection goes to the core of Tamil writer Jayakanthan's fiction". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  5. ^ Herman, Phyllis K.; Shimkhada, Deepak (2009). The Constant and Changing Faces of the Goddess: Goddess Traditions of Asia. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1443807029.