[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Prayoga texts from the raajaa-vedapaaThashaalaa

D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ dvnsarma at gmail.com
Sun Jan 21 07:42:12 EST 2018


I do not think there is any insult in what Muryiji has written. it is
simply a description of the practices in different parts of India
and how differrent people view different practices.


regards,
Sarma.

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 2:58 AM, Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan via Advaita-l
<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Great job converting a simple informative email into a thread for insulting
> various regions of India. Thanks.
>
> Rama
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:23 PM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > I heard Tamil Brahmins have a different Prayoga for Karmas like Pitru
> > Tarpana. They are using Kurchas and do Avahana of Pitrus in those Kurchas
> > and then they give Tila Tarpana with Vedic Mantras for male ancestors.
> > For female ancestors like Pitamahi there are no Vedic Mantras before Tila
> > Tarpana. But Karnataka and Andhra Brahmins are giving Tarpana to Pitrus
> > without any Kurchas. There is no Avahana for Pitrus. They are not
> muttering
> > Vedic Mantras before Tarpana even for male ancestors like Pitru, Pitamaha
> > and Prapitamaha. Like this there may be differences in other Prayogas
> also.
> > Can we follow the Dravida Prayoga without knowing and following our own
> > Prayoga?
> >
> > I have seen some shops are selling ready made Kurcha packets for Iyers
> and
> > Iyengars and Kerala Iyers also. They have 20 or 30 Kurchas all ready made
> > for Tarpana. But my Sraddha Purohit said this is not correct. If you
> > prepare Kurcha you cannot simply keep it tied. You have to use it same
> day
> > and untie it in the end. If you keep it tied and for many days you are
> > committing sin. Even the Pavitra for Tarpana has to be untied and
> Visarjana
> > is done.
> >
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