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The Lingayats disapproved certain practices of the Dharmashastras. Cite any two such practices |
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Answer» Solution : Lingayats and Dharmashastra: (i) They worship SHIVA in his manifestation as a linga. They do not practice funerary rinuals such as cremation, PRESCRIBED in the Dharmashastra. Instead, they bury their dead bodies. (ii) The Lingayats challenged the idea of caste and pollution' attributed to certain groups by Brahmans. (III) They questioned the theory of rebirth. (iv) They encouraged practices ag, post puberty marriage, widow remarriage which were not approved in the Dharmashastra. |
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