title: The Suicide Paradigm: Insights from Ancient Hindu Scriptures.
abstract: The world religions in general promote peace and happiness. They strongly discourage all sorts of violence in society including suicide. Religious commitments toward life-saving value are known to prevent suicide attempts since all world religions promote unity, reducing interpersonal hostilities. Therefore, understanding the basics on what religious scriptures narrate on life and death including suicide is essential. This paper highlights the seldom discussed topic on the concept and consequences of suicide portrayed in the ancient Hindu religious scriptures.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Yanpu, Pingtung, 907, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Govindasamy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agoramoorthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan. hsumin@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Minna J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D018596:Hinduism / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Culture; Death; Hinduism; India; Religion; Society; Suicide; Tradition
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