Re: Yajur Upakarma
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• August 10, 2000
Dear Suresh, I have posted the upAkarma procedure on the Web at: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/rituals/upakarma/ I have updated it for this year. Please also read the article on the significance of the upAkarma at the same place, very nicely written by Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan. By the way, there is no significant difference in the procedure between Sri Vaishnavas (either Vadagalai or Thengalai), or smArtas. Of course, there are minor differences in the guru-paramparA anusandhAna at the beginning and in the sankalpa. But upAkarma being a Vedic rite dictated by one's dharma-sUtra is practiced the same way almost everywhere. What differences exist are dictated more by region or family than by sect. Upakarma Date ------------- After a careful reading of Srimad Azhagiya Singar's 'Ahnika grantha', I have calculated the following dates for the upAkarma: USA: upAkarma -> Mon, August 14, gAyatrI japa -> Tue, August 15 Singapore: upAkarma -> Tue, August 15, gAyatrI japa -> Wed, August 16 I am purposely omitting dates for those of you in India because you all have access to vidvAns and vAdyArs who can give you the correct information. (In some traditions, for those in India, both gAyatrI japa and upAkarma fall on the same day this year. Furthermore, there may be a 'doSa' for first-time upAkarmins which pushes their upAkarma to the next month.) Those who are interested in the gory details of how I arrived at these dates can contact me privately. We are truly indebted to Srimad Azhagiya Singar for so thoroughly and carefully explaining the pramANa-s behind various observances and calculations in 'Ahnika grantha'. That work has been indispensable on more than one occasion recently, when I had some 'sandeha-s' (doubts) concerning some anushThAnams. I sing 'pallANDu, pallANDu' for Srimad Azhagiya Singar so he may bless us for years to come in a similar fashion. aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Mani --------------------------------------------------------------------http://click.egroups.com/1/7872/5/_/716111/_/965954181/ --------------------------------------------------------------------|e>- -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Visit http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/ for more information
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