Shashthi (day)
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Shashthi(Sanskrit:षष्ठी,romanized:Ṣaṣṭhī) also referred to asChhathis the sixth day of the lunar fortnight in theHindu calendar.[1]It istithi(lunar day) of apaksha,the fourteen-day phase of the moon.
Etymology
[edit]The word comes from the Sanskrit cardinalṣaṣ(six), whence theordinal number (linguistics)ṣaṣṭha(sixth), fem.ṣaṣṭhī(days of the paksha are femininegender).
Occasions
[edit]The sixth tithi, especially in the waxing period (shuklapaksha), is important in several rituals including:
- Durga Puja(September–October, east India,Bengal)
- Sitalsasthi[2](May–June,Orissa,neighbouring regions)
- Skanda (Kandha) ShashtiorSubramanyaShashti[3](November–December, south India,Tamil Nadu)
- Chandra Shashti (Channan Chhath): It is celebrated onKrishna PakshaShahsti ofBhadrapadamonth. It is quite popular amongDogracommunity ofJammu division.[4]The day is celebrated as birthday ofBalaramaand hence also calledBalram ChhathorBaldev Chhath.
- Surya Shashti (Chhath),a major sun-worshiping day of Hindus is celebrated on sixth dayShukla PakshaofKartika.
References
[edit]- ^Monier-Williams, Monier (1872).A Sanskrit-English Dictionary:...with Special Reference to Greek, Latin, Gothic, German, Anglo-saxon...Clarendon. p. 1034.
- ^"Festivals of India: Sital Shashti".Aryabhatt.com.Retrieved2017-07-29.
- ^Kannikeswaran, Kanniks."Skanda Sashti".Indiantemples.com.Retrieved29 July2017.
- ^Śāstrī, Rāmanātha; Mohana, Madana; Langeh, Baldev Singh (1970).(Rajata jayantī abhinandana grantha)(in Hindi). Ḍogarī Saṃsthā.
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