A ceremony called Diksha is said by some to be compulsory with Jangams, male and female, in their eighth year, and the same is also said to be required for lay Lingayats.
The term Diksha is sometimes used to express the conversion ceremony used in the case of a new-comer.
But, in the case of lay Lingayats and of women, it does not appear that Diksha is universal, and the sacred spell is whispered in the ear when the lingam is tied.
The son observes the diksha (mourning) either for forty-one days, or for a whole year, after which a grand feast called Masam is celebrated.
It is for this reason that ascetics adopt the vow of silence, and being respected by all, pass throughDiksha (initiation) without indulging in speech.
That man who, living in entire dependence upon his own self observes the duties that attach to Diksha for two and ten years, and pierces his own feet with a sharp stone, attains to the felicity of the region that belongs to the Guhyakas.
By observing Dikshaupon potherbs and vegetables, one acquires a large number of kine.
Ascetics of diverse kinds, observant of various restraints and vows, as also others, O chief of the Bharatas, that had undergone Diksha and were frugal in fare and possessed of cleansed souls, took up their residence there.
By observing the right of Diksha one acquires birth in a good and high family.
Upamanyu (from whom I had obtained the Diksha before adoring Mahadeva).
Meanwhile, seeing the gods reduced and emaciated in consequence of the Diksha they were undergoing, a race of Danavas, of the name of Khalins, of statures as gigantic as mountains, desired to slay them.
By observing fasts and Diksha and baths, O Bharata, for twelve years (according to the ordinance), one acquires a region that is superior to that attainable by unreturning heroes.
The Diksha is that rite which one passes through by way of preparation for those sacrifices and vows that one seeks to perform.
Other Rishis also, endued with Diksha and self-restraint, followed by their disciples and accompanied by many Siddhas and many ascetics of great merit, came there.
In leaving the domestic mode for the life of a forest recluse, the diksha is necessary.
The formal initiation or diksha is a ceremony of great importance.
The rite of diksha is performed with the assistance of a preceptor or priest.
On the fourth day, the newly married couple have an oil-bath, and the diksha is considered to be at an end.
A term of diksha or special observance is kept up for three fortnights, but generally for a whole year.
I have seen many who were under the diksha for a year.
The ceremony to be performed till the end of the year after death (Diksha is apparently referred to).
The Elayatu should be paid a rupee for his services, which are considered necessary even when the man under diksha is himself familiar with the required ceremonial.
Diksha is performed for forty-one days, or for a whole year, for the benefit of the departed soul.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "diksha" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
