Classification of Tamil Brahmins according to veda and Suthra they follow:-

Classification of Tamil Brahmins according to veda and Suthra they follow:-

Compiled by
Pr.Ramachander

(Please inform me if I have left out any )

The Brahmins of Tamil Nadu can be classified by the Vedas that they follow . Again those people who follow a Veda are sub divided by the Grihya Suthra that they follow to do their rituals.There are no followers of Athavana Veda In Tamil Nadu .The Followers of Yajur Veda is further divided in to Krisha Yajurveda and Shulka Yajurveda . The ritual a Brahmin follows depends on the Veda that he belongs and the Suthra that he has chosen to adopt . Thus the Brahmins Of Tamil Nadu can be divided in to

1.Krishna YajurvEda-Apasthambha Suthra
2.Krishna Yajurvedac –Bodhayana Suthra
3.Krishna Yajurveda -BHradwaja Suthra
4.Shukla Yajaurveda -- Kanva Suthra
5.Shukla Yajurveda- Madyandina Sutra
6.Rig Veda – Aswalayana Suthra
7.Rig Veda- Kathyayana Suthra
8.Sama Veda - Drahyana sutra
9.Sama Veda- Ranananyani sutra
10.SAma Veda-Jaimini Sakha

There are other Large number of Suthras in Each Veda.Some of them have been lost ..Some existing Suthras have followers in many pockets in North India. Among the Tamil Brahmins the maximum number are Followers of Krishna Yajur Veda , followed by Rig veda, followed by Sama Veda followed by Shukla Yajur veda.I understand that in Yajur veda people following Bodhayana Sutra is very less .

Though Some very learned men know more than One Veda , in Tamil Nadu we do not have persons following more than one Veda like Dwivedi(2 Vedas), Trivedi(Three Vedas ) and Chathurvedi (4 Vedas)

Classification by Sub castes among Smartha Brahmins

Classification by Sub castes among Smartha Brahmins

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

We iyers know that we are divided in to several sub castes.Once upon a time , each of these sub castes considered themselves as the most superior and did not marry from other subcastes, If I have left out some caste sub division or wrongly classified , please inform me so that I can correct my mistake

1.Vadama which is divided in to

a.Vada Desathu Vadama
b.Then Desathu Vadama
c.Inji
d.Sabhayar
e.Thummagunta Dravida

2.Brihacharanam is divided in to

a.Kandarmanikkam
b,Milanganur
c.Mangudi
d.Mazhanadu
e.Pazhamaneri
f.Musanadu
g.Kolathur
h.Marudancheri
i.SAthyamangalam
j.Puthur Dravida Sishu
h..Thiruvannamalai

3,Vadhyamas (Eighteen village Vattimas) divided in to

A.Kaniyala
b.Viliya
c.Kesika(Hiranya Kesigal)
d.Prathamashaka

4.Ashta SAhasram is divided in to

a.Athiyur
b.Arivarpade
c.Shatkulam
d.Nandavadi

5.Chozhiyas

6.Sankethi

7.Chidambaram Deekshithars

8.Mukkani Brahmins of Thiruchendhur

Daughter’s role in satisfying our Pithrus

Daughter’s role  in satisfying   our  Pithrus 

By

P.R.Ramachander

THarpanam for a person is done

BY

Their son, (Pitha  and Matha)

Their son’s son, (Pitha maha   and Pitha mahi)

Their son’s   grand son (Prapitha maha , Prapitha  mahi)

And also

Their  

Daughter’son, (Matha  maha , Matha mahi)

Son’s  daughter’s son,(Mathru  pitha maha , Mathru Pitha mahi)

Grand son’s daughter’s son(Mathru  prapitha maha  , Mathru prapitha  mahi)

This shows how important daughter’s are in taking care of the needs of family Pithrus .In fact, when our grand son’s daughter’s son does tharpanam for us , possibly he would be the only person to do tharpanam. at one time

Tharpana Sankalpams for the year 2018-2019(Vilamba-Also called as Vilambi) Varsham

Tharpana Sankalpams for the year 2018-2019(Vilamba-Also called as Vilambi)   Varsham

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

   ( You can clear   any doubts   by contacting me at ramachander926@gmail.com.God bless you)

(I have followed the details given in the Acharyal Madathu Panchangam as well as the panchangam published by Giri traders . I have also given the time of change of Thithi and Nakshatra  so that people  , who do thapanam in the early morning   as well as those who are living abroad  in various  countries, can also use it correctly. All times given are IST   which should be transferred to local time )  Amavasva Tharpanams are supposed to be done after Madhyahneekam but  in  practice people do it in the early morning and go to office. Let such people also see  if there is a change in  Thidhi and Nakshatra  . I have been  putting this information  every year for the past 17   years. I know that many more people are compiling such lists and are also putting it nowadays. I also see lot of my face book friends , post the sankalpa  of the concerned month. I know a Brahmin priest  Srikantha Vadhyar of Bangalore  , who sends it to his  client group by Whatsapp   every month

 I know that  my compilation is not that necessary now but am putting it by force of habit. I am already 78. I know about  35 thousand people   used the information contained  here during 2017-2018 by directly visiting this  blog and downloading the information .  )

You would find tharpana manthras   in English  (The sankalpa  portions left blank )

Tharpana Manthras for iyers in  http://brahminrituals.blogspot.in/2013/08/tharpana-manthras-iyers.html

THarpana manthras for Iyengars in  http://brahminrituals.blogspot.in/2013/08/thaprapana-manthras-iyengars.html

Bodhayana THarpana  Manthras in http://brahminrituals.blogspot.in/2011/12/bodhayana-darsa-tharpana-mantras.html

   Please use them  and  satisfy your manes    who are in Pithru Loka.

Tharpana   sankalpa manthras    2018-2019

14-4-2018  Chaithra  Vishu  Punya  kala

       Vilamba   nama  samvathsare ,Utharayane , vasantha  rithou, mesha     mase(meena mase  before 7 AM  IST)  , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Trayodasyam(Chathurdasyam after 8.41 Am)   punya thidhou , Sthira  vasara yukthayam, Uthara proshtapada nakshatra   yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Trayodasyam(Chathurdasyam after 8.41 am)   punya thidhou, Chaithra  Vishu  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Trayodasi    up to 8.41  IST and afterwards  Chathurdasi  ,  uthraproshtapada  up to 4.29 am next day and later  Revathi.)

15-4-2018   Sarva Amavasya

   Vilamba nama samvathsare ,utharayane , vasantha rithou, Mesha   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chaturdasyam ( after 8,34   Amavasyaam)     punya thidhou , Bhanu   vasara yukthayam, Revati  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Chathurdasyam (after  8.34 Am Amavasyam )   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Chathurdasi up to  8.34 am    and afterwards Amavasya  , Revathi up to  4.06 AM  Next day   , afterwards Aswini )

14-5-2018  Bodhayana Amavasya

   Vilamba nama samvathsare ,utharayane , vasantha rithou, Mesha   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chaturdasyam    punya thidhou , INdu     vasara yukthayam, Asvini  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Chaturdasyam    punya thidhou, Chaturdasyam   punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

( Chathurdasi  is up to  1.09   Am    next  day morning  and aswini up to 12.31 pm     and afterwards apabharani)

15-5-2018  Sarva Amavasya

   Vilamba nama samvathsare ,utharayane , vasantha rithou, Rishabha   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Amavasyam    punya thidhou , Bhauma    vasara yukthayam, apabharani  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasya   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

( Amavasya is up to  5.19 pm and later Pradhama and apabharani up to 10.57  am   and afterwards Kruthiga)

13-6-2018    Sarva   Amavasya

   Vilamba  nama samvathsare ,utharayane , vasantha  rithou, Rishabha    mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Amavasyam  punya thidhou , SAumya   vasara yukthayam, Rohini  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasya   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya   is up to  1.14  Am next day (afterwards  Prathama )   and Rohini   Nakshatram is up to   4.44 pm  IST ( afterwards Mrugaseersha)   

12-7-2018    Sarva   Amavasya

   Vilamba  nama samvathsare ,utharayane , Greeshma  rithou, Mithuna    mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chaturdasyam(After11.45 Amavasyam)   punya thidhou , Guru   vasara yukthayam, AArudraa   nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasya   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Chathurdasi   is up to  11.45 Am  IST  (afterwards  Amavasya up to 8.19 Am next day )   and aarudra   Nakshatram is up to   9.55 pm IST ( afterwards punarvasu )   

16-7-2018   Kadaka  Ravi Sankramanam (Dakshinayana  punya Kalam)

   Vilamba nama samvathsare ,utharayane , Greeshma  rithou, Mithuna    mase , shukla  pakshe, adhya chathurthyam     punya thidhou , Indu  vasara yukthayam, Magaa  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Chathurthyam    punya thidhou,  DAkshinayana   punya kale  Kadaka ravi   sankramana sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Chathurthi   is up to 6.42 Pm   (Afterwards  Panchami )  And maka Nakshshatra   is up to 11.31  AM   and Poorva  Phalguni  Nakshatra    Afterwards )

28-7-2018   Somaparaga  tharpanam (Lunar  eclipse) ( Would be putting  this for  other countries  where  this eclipse  is visible   in the month of july.This is visible   in parts  of Australia , asia, Africa, eurpope   and south America .You need to do tharpanam only  if it is visible   in your place)

   Vilamba nama samvathsare ,utharayane , Greeshma  rithou, Karkataka    mase , krishna  pakshe, adhya Paurnamasyam(after 2.24 am Prathamaayam)      punya thidhou , Brugu  vasara yukthayam, Sravana  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Paurnamasyam(Prathamayam)    punya thidhou,  Somoparaga   punya kale (3 Am) uparaga  sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

The following stars    are affected Poordam,  Hastham, Uthram, uthradam and sravanam . Tharpanam should be done before  the Grahana leaves ie  before 3.49 am . Since in this case  it happens in the  mid of night , Tharpanam can be done next morning The Grahana starts at 11.54 PM    and ends   at 3.49  AM in India.

(Those  whose Nakshatra   the eclipse are affected , should write the following sloka in a palm leaf / thick paper  and tie it to their forehead. After the eclipse this palm leaf/paper  should be removed. Then they should give in charity one Ash gourd, coconut and coin to a Brahmin.

For Lunar eclipse:-

Indro analo Yamo , riksho, varuno vayurevacham, Kubhera, eeso knandu Indu uparaga udhavyathaam mama)

10-8-2018 Bodhayana  Amavasya

  Vilambanama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , greeshma rithou, karakadaga  mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chathurdasyam  punya thidhou , Brugu  vasara yukthayam, paushya   nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam amavasyam  punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Chathurdasi  upto   7.09 pm   (afterwards amavasya ) and paushya  Nakshtra   up to  2.55  am next morning and Aslesha   nakshatra  afterwards.)

11-8-2018  Sarva  Amavasya

  Vilambanama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , greeshma rithou, karkadaga  mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya amavasyam  punya thidhou , Sthira    vasara yukthayam, aaslesha  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam amavasyam  punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya upto   3.28 PM    (afterwards Prathama ) and aaslesha  Nakshtra   up to  0.05 AM   next day and magaa  nakshatra  afterwards.)

9-9-2018  SarvaAmavasya

    Vilamba nama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , varsha  rithou, simha  mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Amavasya      punya thidhou , bhanu     vasara yukthayam, magaa(after 8,34  poorva phalguni)   nakshatra yukthayam,  shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasyam   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(amavasya up to  11.32  pm    afterwards  Prathama, maka Nakshatra  up to 8.02 am    afterwards poorva Phalguni Nakshatra)

Mahalaya  Paksha   begins  on September 25^th , September 28^th is maha Bharani.People who need   the tharpana  manthras   for any day   during Mahalaya   may   send me an e mail   requesting    the  manthras)

8-10-2018  SarvaAmavasya

    Vilamba nama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , varsha  rithou, kanya mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chathurdasyam(amavasyam after 11 Am)      punya thidhou , indu   vasara yukthayam, uttara phalguni   nakshatra yukthayam,  shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasyam   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Chathrdasi  up to  11am     afterwards  amavasya, uthra  phalguni  Nakshatra  up to 1.34    afterwards hastha Nakshatra

17-10-2018   Thula  sankramanam   

     Vilambanama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , varsha   rithou, kanya   mase , Shukla   pakshe, adhya ashtamyam    punya thidhou , saumya   vasara yukthayam, uthrashada     nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Ashtamyam   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(AShtami is up to  12,51 am    (afterwards navami) and uthrashada   nakshatra  up to  9.20 PM that night (Afterwards Sravana Nakshatra )

Some panchangas  mention 18^th as  Thula Sankramanam

18-10-2018  Thula ravi Sankramanam

     Vilambanama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , Varsha   rithou, thula  mase , Shukla  pakshe, navamyam   punya thidhou , guru vasara yukthayam,  SRavana  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam navamyam        punya thidhou, thula ravi   punyakale, thula ravi sankramana sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Navami     up to 3.30 pm      (afterwards dasami  )and sravana    up to  12.34  pm  afterwards dhanishta   )

7-11-2018  Sarva Amavasya

        Vilamba nama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , sharad   rithou, thula  mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Amavasyam      punya thidhou , saumya  vasara yukthayam, swathi  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubha Karana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam amavasyam  punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya  up to  9.33 pm    (Afterwards Prathama ) and  swathi  Nakshatra  up  to7.37 pm  that day    and then visaga  afterwards )

6-12-2018  Sarva  Amavasya

          Vilamba nama samvathsare ,dakshinayane , Sharad  rithou, Vruschiga   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chathurdasyam (  after 12.41 pm Amavasyam  punya thidhou ), Guru   vasara yukthayam, Anuradha   nakshatra yukthayam shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasya  punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Chathgurdasi   up to 12.41 pm  (Afterwards Amavasya) and  anuradha    up  to 4.35  am next  day    and then jyeshta )

5-1-2019  Sarva  Amavasya

         Vilamba nama samvathsare ,Dakshinayane , hemantha  rithou, dhanur   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Amavasya    punya thidhou , sthira    vasara yukthayam, moola  nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasyam  punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya up to next day 6 Am  and moola  Nakshtra up to 3.08 Pm   and then  Uthrashada nakshatra  )

15-1-2019 Uthrayana Punya kalam/Makara  Ravi sankaramanam

               Vilambanama samvathsare ,Uttaraayane  , hemantha  rithou, Makara  mase , Shukla  pakshe, Navamyam     punya thidhou , Bhauma   vasara yukthayam, Ashvinee (after 9.38 Apabharani)   nakshatra yukthayam   , shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Bavamyam   punya thidhou, utharayana  punyakale,  Utharayana  Samjaka makara  ravi sankramana  sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Navami    up to   2.342 AM pm   (dasami    afterwards  ) and  aswini    up to 9,48 am   that day   and  then apabharani   Nakshatra afterwards)  .

4-2-2019  Sarva    Amavasya

          Vilambanama samvathsare ,Utharayane , hemantha   rithou, makara   mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya amavasyam  punya thidhou , Indu       vasara yukthayam, Sravana   nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam amavasyam  punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya up till 2.35 AM  next morning   (Prathama afterwards) and Sravana    Nakshtra up to  6.02 Am   next day  afterwards Dhanishta

6-3-2019   Sarva  Amavasya

          Vilambanama samvathsare ,Utharayane , Shishira  rithou, khumba    mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Amavasyam    punya thidhou ,  Saumya    vasara yukthayam, Sathabishak   nakshatra yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavasyam    punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya  up to   9,35 pm  next day   (afterwards Prathama) and  Sathabishak  Nakshtra up to  7.32  Am  that day  and afterwards  poorva proshtapada Nakshatra

4-4-2019 Sarva   Amavasya

          Vilambanama samvathsare ,Utharayane , Shishira  rithou, meena     mase , Krishna  pakshe, adhya Chathurdasyam( after 1.28 pm Amavasyam   punya thidhou) , Guru    vasara yukthayam, Uthara proshtapada  nakshatra   yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam Amavyam   punya thidhou, amavasya  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Amavasya  up to 12,52   PM  (afterwards Prathama) and  uthra  proshtapada   up to  5.37 am  next day   that  day and afterwards  revathi)

14-4-2019  Chaithra  Vishu  Punya  kala

       Vilambi  nama samvathsare ,Utharayane , Shishira  rithou, meena     mase , shukla  pakshe, adhya dasamyam  punya thidhou , bhanu   vasara yukthayam, Aslesha    nakshatra   yukthayam, shubhayoga, shubhaKarana evam guna viseshena, visishtayam asyam DAsamyam   punya thidhou, Chaithra  Vishu  punyakale, darsa sradham , thilatharpana roopena adhya karishye

(Dasami  for the entire  dayand afterwards   , asleshas    up to 6.01 AM next morning  Am   and later  Revathi .)

A note on Karadayan nonbu on 14-3-2018

A note  on Karadayan nonbu   on  14-3-2018

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

     The  Karadayan Nolumbu(nombu)  commemorating    the epic story  of Savithri   regaining her husband from Lord Yama   is celebrated   at the last few minutes before the end of Masi(Kumbam) month  and before  the beginning  of  the month of Panguni(Meenam) .Normally   all  unmarried ladies  and married  ladies  with husbands  alive(sumangali)   offer   sweet as as well as  salt  Adai (made of rice harvested in the Kar season-May june ) , butter, banana  fruit   along with Vettilai  Pakku   to the Goddess and a yellow thread   which is offered    in the pooja   is tied by themselves or their mother in case of Unmarried ladies    and tied by the husband in case of Sumangailis   At that time they chant

Dhram gruhnami subhage sahardhraam
Dharami aham bharthu
Ayushya Sidhartham supreethabhava sarvadha

I am taking the thread ,Oh pleasant goddess, with affection ,

And I am wearing  it   for long life   span of my husband.

Become always   pleased with me.

The following   Tamil chant  is also chanted

Urukaadha Venneyum oradaiyam naan nootren
Orukkalum en kanavar ennai vittu pririyadhirukka vendum

"உருகாத வெண்ணெயும் ,ஓர் அடையும் நோற்று உனக்குநான்  வைத்தேன் ,எந்நாளும் என் கணவர் எனை விட்டு நீங்காத அருள்தருவாய்" என்று  அம்மனை நோக்கி வேண்டி நமஸ்கரிக்கவும்.

(I have offered  you unmelted butter    and One Adai  ,PLeae bless me so that my husband  will live with me forever)

Most of those    who observe the Nombu   do not take    food   from morning till   they   do the pooja 

   This year the month  starts   at 11.41 PM ISTand learned Vadhyars   suggest  that this pooja should be done  between 9 pm-10 pm  and before the month beginning, . THerefor  all cooking and preperations can be done before 9.00PM

The corresponding time  in different   countries  is given below:-

India  11.41   Pm

Dubai 10.11 Pm (Their local time)

Singapore   2.11  AM  Thursday

Kulalampur  2.11  AM THursday

Frankfurt and Paris  7.11 PM   thursday (Their local time)

London 6.11 PM Wednesday (Local time)

USA  eastern time   1.11  PM  Wednesday (Local time)

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          It is a practice in certain homes   to  worship goddess Kamakshi  by calling a priest . Instead  you can also  chant the following Sankalpam and perform the Pooja yourselves

Mama   deerga    saumanglya   avapthyartham  , mama bhartheu   anyonya  preethi ,

Abhivrudhyartham  , Aviyogartham    Sri Kamakshi poojaam karishye

Translation

For  getting the status of Sumangali   for a very long time ,

For increase  of mutual love between me and my husband

For never being ever getting parted with him ,

I am doing the worship of  Goddess  Kamakshi.

And chant the  Dhyanam

Ekambara  nadha   dayithaam   kamakshim  ,

BHuvaneswarim  dhyayami  hrudaye,

DEvim vanchithartha  pradhayinum

Translation

I  meditate  on the wife of Elambara Nadha,

Who is the goddess  of the universe in my mind ,

So that  the goddess   fulfill my mind’s desires.

Then chant ashtothara of Kamashi   http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2015/06/kamakshi-ashtotharam.html

and worship the goddess  by offering her flowers

. It would be great if you can chant the Yamashtakam   chanted by Savithri  to  get back her husband.( http://stotrarathna.blogspot.in/2013/03/yamashtakam.html

widow remarriage is not prohibited by Smritis at all..

widow remarriage is not prohibited by Smritis at all..

By

Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan

A woman who is married and has become bereft of marriage status throught desertion, widowhood etc.. can be taken back to the parental gothram or any other gothram.. and the lady can be termed as punarbhoo .. and can once again be gifted back.. the procedure is the same a the marriage originally.

Of course, using the word gift in Kanyadharam might seem as if the lady is a stuff for trade.. but the way the rituals are structured would prove that the woman was given all the honours.. And then there is a ritual before the marriage.. in the Vedic way itself, where the parents and siblings grieve the departure of their own darling sister..(See the marriage mantras in texts like Ekagni kandam.) Have you noticed this Vedic mantra..? And the mantras of Laja homam and the spirit therein also reveals that the lady who is being sent away just because of social necessities is always a very honoured person in their parental family..
The dharanam.. the word is used slightly out of place..
And the dhanam is made not to a man.. but to Vishnu the Lord .. Daashyaami Vishnave Tubhyam.. the idea has a sublime spiritual connotation.. A family just reaching out to the Supreme being..

If you just hold on to a word and criticise... there can be no end.. In fact the innocent Vedic practitioner never meant any slighting to the womanhood..

No Vedic rite can be done by a man without the permissionn of his wife.. He cannot even take sannyasam without the permission of the woman he married.

The Vedic mantras like Sumangaleeriyam vadhoo... what do they mean..
There are many more mantras in Rigvedam, Adapted in yajurvedam too which reveals that the woman who has entered the family of her husband after being given in marriage is the queen or empress of the household of the husband

If a chauvinist male or a shrew of a woman did things beyond the spirit of the Vedas or traditions which evolved with the best of intentions, the fault is not in the traditions..

You can use a knife to stab someone to death, you can use the same knife to cut an apple or cucumber.. The choice is yours..Why blame the knife..

We have often proceeded with the traditions and rituals without knowing or trying to know the spirit involved..
You need not change the mantrams.. You have to change your attitudes.. Otherwise Vedas, Shastras, Shruthis or Smritis cannot be of any help.. But it is meaningless to berate Smritis and traditions without understanding the distortions we have introduced into them by our own arrogance and ignorance..

Note
The girl child is the most beautiful creation of God

The girl child is the most beautiful creation of God..
By being blessed with a girl, we provide a mother to the world.. a mother who is the source of love, prosperity and who symbolizes the eternal continuity of human race..
To be able to give a girls hand in marriage is the ultimate fortune..
I trust the presence of the father in marriage ceremony and giving her hands is not restricted to Hinduism..
But in Hinduism the idea is sublime..Let us see the marriage mantras of Kanyaadaanam.
कन्यां कनक-सम्पन्नां कनकाभरणैर्युताम्।
दास्यामि विष्णवे तुभ्यंब्रह्मलोकजिगीषया।।1।।
विश्वम्भरः सर्वभूताः साक्षिण्यः सर्वदेवताः।
इमां कन्यां प्रदास्यामि पितॄणांतारणाय च।।2।।
Kanyaam kanakasampannaam kanakaabharanairyutaam
daasyaami vishnave thubhyam brahmslokajigeeshayaa
vishwambharaaH, sarvabhootaaH, saakshinyaH sarvadevataaH
imaam kanyaam pradaasyaami pitruunamm taaranaaya cha.

The groom is respected and treated as Lord Vishnu Himself and the father says," I am giving this nubile child to you Lord Vishnu, She is adorned in Golden jewels, and my desire is that I may attain the realms of Brahma through this act.. The supreme lord who is manifesting himself filling the whole universe, is the witness, all the elements are the witnesses, all the gods are the witnesses, I am giving the hands of this girl unto you, so that the ancestors born in my clan may attain eternal abodes of happiness."
We believe that the parents and ten generations before them and ten generations after them would attain eternal bliss by this Kanyakaadaanam..
We can believe in it, or we can choose not to believe in it.
note 2
the unbreakable knot
पूषा त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्य
अश्विना त्वा प्र् वहतां रथेन
गृहान् गच्च गृहपत्नी यथासौ
वशिनी त्वम् विदथं आ वदासि
ऋग् १०-७५-२६
सुमङ्गलीरियं वधू
इमां समेत पश्यत
सौभाग्यम् अस्यै दत्त्वाया
ऽथास्तं वि परेतन
ऋक् १०-८५-३३ अथ १४--२--२७
सम्राजी श्वशुरे भव
सम्राजी श्वश्र्वां भव
ननान्दरि सम्राजी भव
सम्राही अधि देवृषु
ऋग् १०-८५-४६ अथ १४-२-४४
समञ्जन्तु विश्वे देवाह्
सं आपो हृदयानि नौ
सं मातरिश्वा सम् धाता
समुद्रेष्ट्री दधातु नौ
ऋक् १०-८५-४७

दीर्घायुरस्तु मे पतिर् जीवाति शरदः शतम्।
अथ् १४-२-६३
इहेमाविन्द्र सं नुद चक्रवाकेव दंपती
अथ् १४-२-६४
इहैव स्तम् मा वि यौष्ठं
विश्वं आयुर् व्यश्नुतं
क्रीळन्तो पुत्रैर् नप्तृभिर्
मोदमानौ त्वे गृहे
ऋग् १०-८५-४२
पुत्रिणा ता कुमारिणा
विश्वं आयुर् व्यश्नुतः
उभा हिरण्यपेशसा
ऋग् ८-३१-८
pūṣā tveto nayatu hastagṛhya
aśvinā tvā pr vahatāṁ rathena
gṛhān gacca gṛhapatnī yathāsau
vaśinī tvam vidathaṁ ā vadāsi
ṛg 10-75-26
sumaṅgalīriyaṁ vadhū
imāṁ sameta paśyata
saubhāgyam asyai dattvāyā
'thāstaṁ vi paretana
ṛk 10-85-33 atha 14--2--27
samrājī śvaśure bhava
samrājī śvaśrvāṁ bhava
nanāndari samrājī bhava
samrāhī adhi devṛṣu
ṛg 10-85-46 atha 14-2-44
samañjantu viśve devāh
saṁ āpo hṛdayāni nau
saṁ mātariśvā sam dhātā
sanudreṣṭrī dadhatu nau
ṛk 10-85-47
dīrghāyurastu me patir jīvāti śradaḥ śatam|
ath 14-2-63
ihemmamindra saṁ nuda cakravākeva daṁpatī
ath 14-2-64
ihaiva stam mā vi yauṣṭhaṁ
viśvaṁ āyur vyaśnutaṁ
krīḻanto putrair naptṛbhir
modamānau tve gihe
ṛg 10-85-42
putriṇā tā kumāriṇā
viśvaṁ āyur vyasnutaḥ
ubhā hiraṇyapeśsā
ṛg 8-31- 8
One friend had asked me to indicate some important marriage manthras and accordingly I do it.
The procedural rituals vary from place to place and I shall try to convey the basic rituals in a different individual message. The manthras quoted above are tribute to all ladies who enter the conjugal vow with men..The respect given to the woman in the house as a wife perhaps may not find any parallel in any other culture. There may be the mother icons everywhere, but the importance as a wife herself is underlined without room for equivocation in the hoary traditions recorded in the Vedas. The uniformity in thought can be gauged from the fact that the manthras get repeated in the most ancient rig veda and the comparatively modern atharva veda.
The bride is entering the ritualistic location, her hand held by the god puushan (one form of the sun god) the twin gods of medicine the Ashwins are accompanying her in the chariot.. and she is going away from her house to that of her husband and she is blessed that she may become the ruler of the household and the main spokesperson of the assembly in her husbands place.

The nubile bride who has become sumangalii is introduced to all. 'This bride has attained the status of a wife..she is bringing fortune to this house..come all of you and look at her...Please wish her full happiness before you return home'.
The bride is blessed to join the supreme place in the household " May your father in law treat you with affection as if you were a queen. May your mother in law treat treat you with love as if you were a queen. May your sisters in law love and respect you as if you were a queen. May your brothers in law repect and adore you as if you were a queen"

The husband prays for conjugal unity " May all Gods and all waters unite our hearts. Especially the gods Mathariswa, dhaata, and dheshtri, make us very close.
The bride prays to the gods and elders " May my husband live long, and we will live together for hundred years...bless us"
The elders pray for the couple " Join the couple here, Indra... they resemble the chakravaka and its mate. ( The chakravaka is a symbol for mutual devotion of the couple. if one loses its life, the mate will die in grief.)
The lifelong union of the ideal couple as expressed by elders in their blessing "May you two dwell in this house, never parted, you enjoy the full life span as prescribed by vedas, may you have the fotune to play together with your sons and grandsons,"
The prayer of the couple "With sons and daughters abounding, may we live long adorned in rich dresses an precious ornaments".

Tharpana during Bheeshmashtami

Tharpana   during Bheeshmashtami (Tomorrow  25/1/2018 Bheeshmashtami)

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander 

  

Some   Brahmins have the the procedure    to give tharpanam   to Bheeshma who died  as a Naishtika  Brahmachari.(WE do not practice in our family .This manthra is only for those   whose family practices   this tharpana ) . According to the belief, only those devotees whose fathers are not alive anymore can perform this ritual

   They perform SAndhyavandana   and   other rituals of the morning   on BHishmasg htami    sit facing ease and say “BHishma Tharpanam Karishye , Change  the Yagnopavitha  in  the garland mode(For rishi tharpanam   while doing Brhama Yajnam    we do this,)  and offer Arghya   with the following Manthras three times  , pouring the water to the left side of the palm .

பீஷ்மாஷ்டமி அர்க்ய மந்திரம்.
வையாக்ர பாதி கோத்ராய ஸாங்க்ருதி ப்ரவராய ச கங்கா புத்ராய பீஷ்மாய ஆஜந்ம ப்ருஹ்மசாரிணே.
பீஷ்மாய நம: இதமர்க்யம். இதமர்க்யம், இதமர்க்யம்.

Vayyagrapadhi Gothraya  , sankruthi  Pravaraaya    cha  , Ganga puthraya  Bheeshmaaya  ,

Aajanma  Brahma  Charine  Bheeshmaya  nama

Idham   Argyam,Idham Arghyam  Idham arghyam

Oh   Bheeshma , son of Ganga   who belongs   to Vayyagrapadhi gothra and Sankruthi pravara,

Who was a Brahmachari for burth to death  , Oh BHeeshma   salutation to you

I am offering    you   water offering   ,  water offering  and  , water offering

அபுத்ராய ஜலம் தத்மி நமோ பீஷ்மாய வர்மணே பீஷ்ம: சாந்தநவோ வீர: ஸத்யவாதீ ஜிதேந்த்ரிய:
ஆபி ரத்பி ரவாப்நோது புத்ரபெளத்ரோசிதாம் க்ரியாம் பீஷ்மாய நம: இதமர்க்யம், இதமர்க்யம், இதமர்க்யம்.

Aputhraya  Jalam dhadmi , namo  Bheeshmaya  Varmane  , Bheesha  santhanavo veera

SAthyavadi  Jithendrya

AApi  rathbhir avapnothu   puthra pouthrochithaam   kriyaam  Bheeshmaaya  nama

Idham Argyam., Idham argyam , idham argyam

To the one who does not have son, I   am offering water , salutations to Bheeshma  of royal family, who is valorous hero and son of Santhanu, seeker  of truth and one who has   controlled  his organs,

I am pleased to   make mine the rituals  that has to be   performed  by his sons and grand sons and salute  BHeeshma

I am offering    you   water offering ,  water offering and  , water offering

வஸூநா மவதாராய சந்தநோ ராத்மஜாய ச அர்க்யம் ததாமி பீஷ்மாய ஆபால ப்ருஹ்மசாரிணே. பீஷ்மாய நம; இதமர்க்யம், இதமர்க்யம், இதமர்க்யம்

Vasoonaam avathaaraya   santhanor  athmajaaya  cha  Arghyam dadhami

Bheeshmaaya AAbala Brahma charine  Bheeshmaya  nama

Idham Argyam., Idham argyam , idham argyam

I give water  offering to the incarnation ofa Vasu  ,and the son ogf King Santhanu 

Salutation to Bheeshma who was   Brahma chari from birth

I am offering    you   water offering ,  water offering and  , water offering