Dharma and the Individual

Hindu Rites of Passage (Samskara)

Investiture with the Sacred thread (Upanayana)

Marriage (Vivaha)

• The Marriage (Vivaha) Samskara
• The Hindu Dowry System (Origins)
• Arranged Marriage
• Women and Marriage in Hinduism

Housholder’s Samskaras

• Birth Rituals in Hinduism
• Birth Samskaras
• Samskaras and Pregnancy

Antyesti (Final Sacrifice)

• Death Hospitals in Kashi (Kasi)
• Death and Cremation

The Four Goals/Aims (purusartha)

Dharma

• The Dharma Sastras

Kama

• The Kama Sutra
• The Kama Sutra (2)

Artha

• The Six-Fold Policy of the Arthasastra

Moksa

The Four Stages (asrama) of Life