👉 Handfasted is a term used in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism that describes someone who has not married or had children. It is often associated with a person's purity and chastity. In these religions, it is believed that having a child through marriage disrupts the natural flow of karma (the accumulated effects of one's actions) and thus prevents them from reaching their ultimate goal - liberation from the cycle of birth and death. In Hinduism, for example, "handfasted"
