单词 | anand karaj |
释义 | Anand Karajn. Sikhism. The Sikh wedding ceremony. Cf. Anand n.A religious ceremony with its origins in the 16th cent., the Anand Karaj gained legal status in India in 1909 with the passage of the Anand Marriage Bill, which recognized marriages conducted by a Sikh officiant and according to Sikh traditions. Previously, Sikh marriages had been conducted by a Brahmin and formalized by Hindu rites.The wedding ceremony concludes with the singing of verses from the Anand Sahib, or Hymn of Bliss (see etymology), followed by the congregational prayer. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > other types of wedding confarreation1598 farreation1656 coemption1676 Scotch marriage1762 foot washing1780 civil union1837 white wedding1840 hand-fastening1899 Anand Karaj1938 destination wedding1990 1938 Times of India 12 Aug. 3/5 A salute of 101 guns announced the conclusion today of the Anand-karaj (marriage ceremony) of His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala with the daughter of Sardar Harchand Singh Jeji. 2007 K. Singh Portrait of Lady (2009) 414 ‘We must have a Sikh Anand Karaj,’ asserted Baljit's mother, ‘otherwise our relatives will never forgive us.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1938 |
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