This is a broad word that refers to occurrences or circumstances that contribute to or encourage life, prosperity, and overall well-being.
- Auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, like cleanliness and impurity (ashaucha), are essential ideas in Hindu life.
- Auspiciousness is a condition that Hindus strive for, whether via rituals, arranging significant events like marriage ceremonies at astrologically favorable periods, or avoiding persons and things considered inauspicious.
Wives of the God-King, by Frederique Apffel Marglin, 1985, has a wealth of knowledge about auspiciousness and its significance in Hindu life.
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