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Ute Huesken • March 6, 2002 


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Srimate vikhano mahAgurave namaH


Dear Bhaktas,
at present I am reading a text called VadhUdharmacandrikA, "the moonlight of female duties", but I have some difficulties in understanding some of the terms for the daily ritual practice of a Vaishnava woman.

Therefore, I would like to ask the members of this list to clarify some doubts:

1) the term pancakAla is not used but the day is woman's structured according to this concept (abhigamana, upAdAna, ijyA, adhyayana, yoga). Is the application of the rituals subsumed as pancakAla on women unusual or is it common?

2) are these pancakAlas followed today by many Srivaishnavas?

3) one is supposed to utter the "haryashtaka" before actually getting up in the morning. What is "haryashtaka"?

4) according to this text women have to utter a Samkalpa ("SrIgovinda GovindaSrI, mahAviSNor AjnayA pravartamAnasya adyabrahmanaH dvitIyaparArthe ... bhagavadanujnayA bhagavatprItyartham SrImannArAyanakaimkaryarUpam prAtasnAnam kariSye") before doing snAna in the morning.
Is the uttering of a Samkalpa by women unusual or common?

5) the woman is supposed to meditate on the SrIkRSNacaramam, SrIrAmacaramam, SItAcaramam, VarAhacaramam, SudarSanacaramam and PAncajanyacaramam. What is the source of these Caramams and what is the significance of meditating on these Slokas?

6) afterwards, she should do agnisamrakSana (or agnirakSana, also devAgniSuSrUSA). What kind of ritual action does this term signify? "protection of the fire"?

7) after nivedana she should, at the time of vaiSvadeva, perform agniparicaryA - what does this mean?

8) does the term sAtvikatyAga signify a specific ritual action or is it an inner attitude?

Thank you very much in advance for clearing my doubts
With best regards

Ute Huesken


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Dr. Ute Huesken
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