There are several types of bathing rituals in Hinduism. Nitya snan is a normal daily bath. Nimittika snan is performed after certain situations like illness, menstruation, or death. Kamya snan is taken with a desire like before visiting a temple. Mukya snan includes Mantra snan using sacred mantras or Varunam, a normal bath. Amukya snan does not use water and includes bathing with sacred ash, mud, dust, rain, or meditation.
There are several types of bathing rituals in Hinduism. Nitya snan is a normal daily bath. Nimittika snan is performed after certain situations like illness, menstruation, or death. Kamya snan is taken with a desire like before visiting a temple. Mukya snan includes Mantra snan using sacred mantras or Varunam, a normal bath. Amukya snan does not use water and includes bathing with sacred ash, mud, dust, rain, or meditation.
There are several types of bathing rituals in Hinduism. Nitya snan is a normal daily bath. Nimittika snan is performed after certain situations like illness, menstruation, or death. Kamya snan is taken with a desire like before visiting a temple. Mukya snan includes Mantra snan using sacred mantras or Varunam, a normal bath. Amukya snan does not use water and includes bathing with sacred ash, mud, dust, rain, or meditation.
There are several types of bathing rituals in Hinduism. Nitya snan is a normal daily bath. Nimittika snan is performed after certain situations like illness, menstruation, or death. Kamya snan is taken with a desire like before visiting a temple. Mukya snan includes Mantra snan using sacred mantras or Varunam, a normal bath. Amukya snan does not use water and includes bathing with sacred ash, mud, dust, rain, or meditation.
1)'Nitya snan': Normal bathing ritual which is performed daily.
2)'Nimittika snan': This is performed after completion of certain types of
situations like after eclipse, vomiting, saloon, bad dreams, sex, touching bones, visiting cemetery, touching women after pregnancy, touching women at the time of menstrual period, touching a dead person. 3)'Kamya Snan': Completing bath with a desire like bath while visiting a temple, festivals, important days, Karthika masam, important days. 4)'Mukya Snan': It is subdivided in to 2 types. 'Mantra or Brahmya snan': Sprinkling water which are powered by sacred mantras like Purusha Sookta of Lord Vishnu, Namaka-Chamkam of Lord Shiva, Marjana mantras such as 'Varunam': This is the normal bath which we daily perform. 5)'Amukya or Gowna Snan' : Taking bath without water. This is subdivided into 5 types. 'Agneya Snan': Taking bath with sacred ash. It is also known as Vibhuti Snan. 'Mruthika Snan': Taking bath with Mud which is available at rivers or mud of snake house/ Hillock. It is also known as mud bath. 'Vayuvya Snan': This snan is like when we walk in the dust generated by group of cows nearby. 'Divya Snan': Taking bath in rain which arrives in a bright sunny day. 'Manasik Snan': Doing meditation by remembering God is considered as sacred bath.