[Advaita-l] Mantra Japa during grahana.

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Jaldharji,

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 11:22 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>
> > No.  Grahanakala is an inauspicious time for japa
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>
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> Perhaps as Shri Subrahmaniam suggests it is a matter of deshachara but
> I'll see if I can find some shastra pramana about it.
>

Please refer to Dharmasindhu's prathamapariccheda under "grahaNe
purashcharaNavidhi", especially the last line: पुरश्चरणमकुर्वद्भिरपि
गुरूपदिष्टः स्वस्वेष्टदेवतामन्त्रजपो गायत्रीजपश्च *अवश्यं ग्रहणे
कार्योऽन्यथा मन्त्रमालिन्यम्।*

Kind rgds,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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