Visarjana means  "dismissing" in Sanskrit. The sixteenth and last upacharas ("offerings") offered to a god as part o...

  What Is Vastra? Vastra means “clothing” in Sanskrit .  The seventh of sixteen customary upacharas ("offerings") made to a g...

  The centrality of transactions or exchanges—both between humans and between humans and superhuman beings—is a prevalent reality in Hindu r...