[Advaita-l] Fw: Re: Achidram and Aswamedham

[Advaita-l] Fw: Re: Achidram and Aswamedham

Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian rama.balasubramanian at gmail.com Wed Sep 10 11:49:56 CDT 2008 Previous message: [Advaita-l] Fw: Re: Achidram and Aswamedham Next message: [Advaita-l] New member introduction: Kapil Piparaiya Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
Dear Narayanan, The basic principle behind chanting these sections is metonymic associational thought. This principle is brought out very well by Prof. Laurie Patton in her "Bringing the Gods to Mind: Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice," University of California Press, 2005. I strongly recommend this book. However it is not just that. The second prashna in the taittirIya AraNyaka says "yaM yaM kratum adhIte tena tena asyeShTaM bhavati - agner vAyor-Adityasya sAyujyaM gacchati tadeshAbhyuktA". So mere recitation is pretty good. Understanding the meaning also is of course better. Some of the things to be chanted on some particular occasions/times can be found in texts like the bR^ihaddevatA, but some are known from tradition. The latter are also quite valid. The acchidram recitation is quite a popular tradition. Regarding the acchidram, only anuvAkas 1-6 and 11 are associated with the darsha-pUrNamAsa iShTi, the rest are connected with soma yAgas. The common theme is that these mantras make the sacrifice which might have been done with errors a whole - breaches the holes, as it were, in the "whole" sacrifices - hence the name acchidram. The following are the traditional chanting days: ekAdashI - acchidram TB 3.7, ashavamedha brAhmaNam TB 3.8-3.9 dvAdashI tradition 1: kAThakam TB 3.10, TB 3.11 and TB 3.12. These detail the sAvitra, nachiketa, vaishvadeva and chAturhotriya chayana mantras and brAhmaNas. tradition 2: AraNyakam 7, 8, 9, 10. I.e., taittirIya and mahAnArayaNa upaniShads tradition 3: includes tradition 1 and tradition 2 + TB 3.4, AraNyakam 6. TB 3.4 is the puruShamedham, and AraNyakam 6 is the pitR^imedham. The first 2 and last 2 anuvAkas in the pitR^imedham are used in the last death rites ,and this prashnam is called kATTu prashnam by Tamil people. The last tradition is something extensive and requires 3.5-4 hours or more of chanting, and I learned of its existence from one of my gurus, Sri Narayana Sastrigal of Mylapore. Regarding translations, you may consult the following below: 1. The Full-Moon and New-Moon Sacrifices in the Taittiriya-Brhma a (Fourth Part): The Anuvkas 1-6 and 11 of The Seventh Prap haka of the Third K a of the Taittirya-Brhma a with Translation The Full-Moon and New-Moon Sacrifices in the Taittiriya-Brhma a (Fourth

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Part): The Anuvkas 1-6 and 11 of The Seventh Prap haka of the Third K a of the Taittirya-Brhma a with Translation, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Feb. 28, 1961), pp. 11-36. 2. Taittirya-Brhma a 3.7.7-10 and 3.7.12-14: Seven Anuvkas of the Seventh Prap haka of the Third K a of the Taittirya-Brhma a with Translation Taittirya-Brhma a 3.7.7-10 and 3.7.12-14: Seven Anuvkas of the Seventh Prap haka of the Third K a of the Taittirya-Brhma a with Translation, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 107, No. 5 (Oct. 15, 1963), pp. 446-460. 3. The Horse-Sacrifice in the Taittirya-Brhma a: The Eighth and Ninth Prap hakas of the Third K a of the Taittirya-Brhma a with Translation The Horse-Sacrifice in the Taittirya-Brhma a: The Eighth and Ninth Prap hakas of the Third K a of the Taittirya-Brhma a with Translation, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 92, No. 6 (Dec. 27, 1948), pp. 447-503. Rama On > >> >> >> >> >> >> Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:51 AM, narayan iyer <z1e1b1r1a at yahoo.com> wrote: 5. As I understand it, achidram is a rite of darsha-purnamasya rite. How do you say it is to be recited on Ekadasi days. Are you sure of your sources? If they are authentic, I too would like to start reciting it on ekadasi days.

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