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- Which Hindu text generally describes the rules of Niyoga?
Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) is an ancient Hindu tradition, in which a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a person for helping her bear a child Does anyone know which scripture basically defines the rules of Niyoga? Also, I am interested in following:
- Is niyoga the same as surrogacy? - Hinduism Stack Exchange
Yes, niyoga is surrogacy: Manu 9 59 - If a wife doesn't have any children, then when she is given permission by her elders, she may obtain the desired children from her younger brother-in-law or a sapinda
- Did Ved Vyasa father children for his mother Satyavati?
“ During their niyoga, Ambalika fell pale due to Vyasa's grim appearance As the result the child would be wan, Vyasa told his mother” <—— Had to look up “wan” for proper definition, wan : pale weak (of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion
- Was Polyandry allowed prior to Mahabharata?
Note: Kunti begetting sons from gods is an example of niyoga which is technically different from polyandry Practice of niyoga has clauses and manusmriti IX 59-63 IX 64-68 talks about this niyoga practice
- mahabharata - Why Dhritarastra is not called Vyasas son? - Hinduism . . .
As per the standard rules of Niyoga, the progeny conceived, even though not biologically belonging to the husband, is under the eye of dharma, very well approved as legal, as defined in the Manu-Smriti , and thus, child born by Niyoga is considered as kshetraja (क्षेत्रज) child of the husband-wife
- mahabharata - Who brought up Vidura? - Hinduism Stack Exchange
Vidura, as the Mahabharata says, was an unwanted child He was born to 'Dasi' so unimportant that even Vyasa did not care to mention her name Queen Satyavati who had proposed the Niyoga was not interested in Vidura because he was not born to Ambika or Ambalika The so called Dasi too was never mentioned later on Mahabharata, probably she was
- If parshuram killed kshatriyas 21 times how do many kshatriyas like . . .
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- On use of contraceptive methods and enjoying sex-life without being . . .
please don't compare vyasa's niyoga with vulgar intercourse of modern human-cum-animals, if you don't know the difference between normal intercourse and niyoga please read about it There are various rules and limit to do niyoga a Rishi can only perform max 3 niyoga's in his life (this rule was imposed to stop the misuse of Niyoga process)
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