Human Marriage

About the Book

In Indian tradition, several words have been used to convey the idea of marriage indicating one or more of the elements of the Sanskara of marriage as Udvaha, which signifies the meaning that taking the girl out of her parental home, again supplemented by the word Vivaha which indicates the idea that taking the girl away in a special way for a special purpose. India having the character of a subcontinent has basically two types of habitation i.e. the forest dwellers and the plain dwellers. When one group stays in the forest and hilly region, the other group used to dwell in the riverbank which was more convenient for transportation of essential livelihood and culture as well. The dwellers in plain and the valleys are identified as the Vedic residents as they chiefly guided by the Vedic religion and culture which is scriptural in nature. The people living in the mountainous and forest regions are the Tribal residents. This study is an attempt to find out the cultural proximity of both the civilizations. The tribal people are not completely untouched by the Vedic tradition as it is generally viewed. Attitude towards life, more to say married life is the common standpoint on the basis of which both Vedic and Tribal people have got much similar inherent ideals and mottos.

About the Author

Born on 07.04.1969 at Chatara Shasana, Kendrapara a culturally rich land in the state of Odisha, nurtured by his well-accomplished parents Basanta Kumari Mishra and Jagabandhu Mishra, a renowned practitioner of Vedic rituals and social customaries of this land; imbibed ample inspirations to carry on his Sanskrit learning from Dhenkanal Govt College at degree level and masters degree from Utkal University, Odisha. During his studies, he has been nominated for short-term courses at HT, Kanpur and Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology, Delhi. Starting his teaching career from P.S.Mahavidyalaya, Balakati, Bhubaneswar, now he is stationed at Tagore’s Visva Bharati University, West Bengal. He is popular among the scholars and students of Vedic Literature and by now established himself as a Sanskrit scholar sincerely working on Tribal Religion and Culture. To his credit, he has successfully undertaken a UGC funded MRP on Paippalada tradition of Eastern India for the preservation and restoration of the same tradition. So far he has authored 21 research papers, 4 books and keenly associated with the publication of several books and journals as Associate Editor and Reviewer. For extensive firsthand study on Tribal Religion and Culture he has spent several months in the tribal Villages of Mayurbhanj of Odisha. His other areas of interest are Vedic Chanting, Temple Architecture, Human Studies, Ancient Indian Polity and Buddhism.