HİNDUİZM'DE GANGA ARTİ RİTÜELİ

Yıl 2018, Sayı: 40, 71 - 98, 15.12.2018

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https://doi.org/10.30623/harranilahiyatdergisi.471817

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Öz

        Arti
Hinduizm’de Tanrı için yapılan bir ışık sunusudur aynı zamanda pucanın bir
bölümüdür.  O, Hinduların evlerinde ve
tapınaklarında günlük olarak yaptıkları en yaygın ibadetlerden biridir. Arti
esnasında yanmakta olan lamba Tanrıyı sembolize eden bir nesnenin önünde
dairesel olarak hareket ettirilir. Bu tür lambalar genellikle kilden veya
gümüş, bronz, pirinç ve bakır gibi metallerden yapılır. Bu lambalarda en çok
tercih edilen yağlar saflaştırılmış tereyağı ve kâfuru yağıdır. Tanrıça
Ganga’nın yeryüzündeki müşahhaslaşmış formu olarak kabul edilen Ganga nehri
kıyısında yapılan artiye Ganga arti denir. Son zamanlarda bazı önemli dini
merkezlerdeki özel organizasyonlar nedeniyle Ganga artinin ünü Hindistan
sınırları dışına taşmıştır. Arti sırasında sadece lamba değil başka malzemeler
de kullanılır. Hindu inançlarına göre bu malzemeler hem evrenin yaratıldığı beş
temel maddeyi, hem de evreni algılamamızı sağlayan beş duyuyu temsil ederler.
Ritüelin amacı ise, tıpkı diğer Hindu ritüellerinde olduğu gibi, insan zihnini
manevi uyanış için değişip dönüştürerek, Tanrı ile bağlantı sağlamak ve
kurtuluşa/mokşaya ulaşmaktır.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

Hinduizm, Sembolizm, Arti, Ganga Nehri, Sembolizm

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