[Advaita-l] Srauta , smArta ,paurAnika Achman

[Srirudra]

Dear
In smartha Sampradhayam the Achamanam goes like this:Ohm,Achuthaya Nama:Ananthaya Nama:Govindhaya Nama:.Water will be sipped from the right palm for each utterance.Then Kesava,Narayana,Madhava,Govindha,Vishnu,Madhsudhana,Thrivikrama,Vamana,Sridhara, Hrishikesa,Padmanabha,Damodhara names will be pronounced with the fingers of the right palm beginning with touching of right cheek and left cheek with the thumb ,then with anamika finger with right and left eye etc.No names of Vedas are uttered in the Achamanam.R.Krishnamoorthy.

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> On 13-Nov-2014, at 1:06 am, Animesh via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> Srī mātre namah, 
> 
> Namaste Srī V Murthy 
> 
> 
> As you seeked about Srauta , smArta ,paurAnika Achman I have already posted a post about Achman vidhi of atharva vedins on my blog .
> 
> ( http://animeshnagarblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/achmanam-vidhi-for-atharvans/ )
> 
> In case of Atharvan veda , shaunaka shAkhA We always perform srauta Achmanam with a set of 4  mantras from 19th kAnda of atharva veda . 
> 
> Om. jIvA stha jIvyAsaM sarvamAyUrjIvyasaM || 1 ||
> 
> Om. UpajIvA sthaOp jIvyAsaM sarvamAyUrjIvyasaM || 2 ||
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> Om. SaMjIva stha SaM jIvyAsaM sarvamAyUrjIvyasaM || 3 ||
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> Om. JIvLA stha jIvyAsaM sarvamAyUrjIvyasaM || 4 ||
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> 
> Rarely we perform paurAnika / smArta Achman.( yet in some cases a tantric Achman is there )
> Kaushika grihya sutra have a injunction that " whenever Achman performance is there it should always be performed with set of these 4 mantras ".
> Even bhAshyakAra of kaushika grihya support this view so we perform srauta Achmana with this Atharvan mantras.
> Yet I have seen some atharvavedins performing smArta Achmana by following mantras .( my family do not follow this practice , we always perform Achman by those 4 mantras)
> 
> smArta Achmana mantraH
> Sip water and recite: ॐ ऋग्वेदाय स्वाहा ॥
> Sip water and recite:  ॐ  यजुर्वेदाय स्वाहा ॥
> Sip water and recite: ॐ सामवेदाय स्वाहा ॥
> Sprinkling water on the ground and washing hands recite:  ॐ अथर्ववेदाय नमः ॥
> 
> Due to intensity of work I'm quit busy ,but I will defiantly post a article about these three Achmans and inform all members about that.
> 
> Regards 
> Animesh 
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