Communicative Functions and Social Implications of Vedic and Pauranic Traditions

Hindu society is deeply surrounded in traditions, most of them are known as ritual practices that function not only as religious adherences but also as significant forms of communication. This short study inspects the communicative functions and social implications of Hindu rituals, focusing particularly on traditions related with the Veda and Manu-Smriti. Approach of the study is post-positivist, and ontologically multiple realities. About 50 ritual statements and correlated scriptural references are scrutinized to identify the messages communicated through ritual practices and their possible implications for society. The investigation shows that Hindu rituals communicate cultural values, religious beliefs, moral norms, gender roles, social associations, and understandings of nature and human life through mantras, verbal expressions, symbolic actions, gestures, offerings, and arranged social practices. The study further finds that ritual meanings are contextual and may change as patterns and modes of communication modification over time. While some ritual messages underwrite to the protection of established social constructions and gendered roles, others communicate values such as knowledge, social harmony, accountability, respect for nature, and human pride. The study accomplishes that Hindu rituals purpose as significant communicative instruments through which ethnic knowledge and social morals are transmitted, maintained, shifted, and transformed across generations. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 13, Issue-4: 110-114.