[Advaita-l] Source of Mahanyasa Mantras

Ajit Krishnan ajit.krishnan at gmail.com
Sat Sep 29 11:49:12 EDT 2018


namaste,

http://aupasana.com/prayoga/prayoga/mahanyasa_bhashya.html

It’s not directly related to the question, but you might enjoy this bhashya
on the mahanyasa sutras. There are quite a few interesting observations on
additions in current practice.

    ajit

On Sat, Sep 29, 2018 at 8:17 AM Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Some traditions chant only the mantras from the kaaThakam 2.2. These 3
> chapters are usually placed after the 3rd AshTakam and before the AraNyakam
> in most publications. Other traditions chant the full samhitA 1.3.14 before
> doing this. The first Rk from 1.3.14 is split into 4 padas in kAThakam 2.2.
> After that it goes devA deveShu shrayadhvam, etc. Do you have references to
> everything else?
>
> Ramakrishnan
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 5:07 AM Naga Raju Narayanaswamy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello All, I have been trying to match the mahanyasa mantras with where
> in
> > Veda they are taken from. Based on my findings i have filled in below.
> They
> > are in Samhitas except where mentioned otherwise. I am particularly
> > interested in  Twamagne Shata Rudram (Thwamagne Rudranuvakaha)  initial
> > verses are from  KYV TS 1.3.14. The second anuvaka seem to call out
> numbers
> > 1,2,3,4... Do you know where it is taken from. reason I am doing this is
> > then I can go to the vedic texts to know the meanings. If you know other
> > references please  let me know.
> > Thanks
> > Naga
> >
> >
> > 01: Panchanga Rudranyasaha
> > 02: Pancha Mukhanyasaha
> > 03: Anganyasaha (Kesadi Padantha Nyasa)
> > 04: Pashnga nyasaha   (Dasanga Nyasa)
> > 05: Panchnga nyasaha
> > 06: Hamsa Gayathri
> > 07: Diksam Putanyasaha    first: RV 6.47.11 TS 1.6.12.16;
> > 08: Shodashanga Rowdrekaranam  KYV 1.3.3.1
> > 09: Shadan Ganyasaha
> > 10: Atma Raksha/Brahmatman       KYV TaittirIya brAhmaNa 2.3.11
> > 11: Shiva Sankalpam Hrudayam     SYV 34
> > 12: Purusha Suktham              RV 10.90
> > 13: Aprathi Ratham               RV 10.103      KYV 4.6.4
> > 14: Prathi Poorusham             KYV 1.8.6.2
> > 15: Twamagne Shata Rudram (Thwamagne Rudranuvakaha)   KYV TS 1.3.14
> > 16: Panchanga Pranamaha
> > 17: Sashtanga Pranamaha    (Ashtanga)
> > 18: Rudrachana Vidhi
> > 19: Sri Rudram     KYV 4.5
> > 20: Sri Chamakam   KYV 4.7
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