rina
ऋण rinaDebt; in the Veda the structural debts a person is born owing, to the sages, the gods and the ancestors, and the root of runanubandha.
Where this term appears
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
The Navagraha are the nine 'planetary powers' of Hindu thought: Surya the Sun, Chandra the Moon, Mangala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shukra…
- Runanubandha, the debts we are born into Treatise
The word Break the word open and it tells its own story. Rina means debt.
- The debt to the dead Treatise
The last chapter named the pitri-rina , the debt to the fathers, as one of the three debts a person is born owing.
- The debt to the dead Treatise
The Vedic texts speak of three debts, the rina-traya , that come with the fact of being born at all.