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________________ 4. YAJÑA-THE SOCIAL ACTIVITY The Aryan social system in the Gana period was very simple. There were no Varna, no castes, no Aśrams and no other social distinctions. Aryan society Unitary Society was a homogeneous individual unit. The division of Gana into common man, Deva and Ganapati was based upon natural qualities of the members. The science of sociology had rare material to study in that age. The only aspect of sociology, the relationship between man and woman or sex-relationship existed, the study of which unravels interesting. When the Aryans, in their working hours, had finished their day's labour and returned to their Gana; they had ready their common meals and common Common Meals: Common Dirnks: drinks. They believed in the joys of life Common Enter here and only here. When the dancing tainments provided her with night visited them, they the best entertainments. The whole Gana, all men and all women, old and young, the youngsters only witnessing, without distinction of father and daughter, mother and son, brother and sister or any other agnate or cognate relationship, met together with singleness of mind and purpose. Primarily these festivities were organised daily. These popular festivities were called Samana. Yaşka explains the word Samana as an epithet of Yoşa in the sense of unanimous. He explains Yoṣā as a 'young women' tracing it to yu 'to mix', literary "mixing with a male." Its Euro pāryan parallel is Jeus-'young." Word Yoşă may be a compound word formed of ya+uşa. Ya may be used in the Samana Festivities Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001639
Book TitleMost Ancient Aryan Society
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRam Chandra Jain
PublisherInstitute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan
Publication Year1964
Total Pages376
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Culture, History, & Geography
File Size18 MB
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