[Advaita-l] शिष्टाचारः on keeping moustache (श्मश्रु)

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

I read somewhere Bharata's Natyashastra says Rishi's have both moustache
and beard. They were Gruhasthas and performed all Vedic activities like
Yajnas. Therefore there is no problem for a Brahmin to have moustache and
beard. But he should not shave moustache and have only beard. That is not
correct. It looks like Muslim custom. Another thing I have seen is if wife
is pregnant the husband will have a beard and not shave.

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:22 AM Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> The famous nyAya & vedAnta scholar Mahamahopadhyaya 'shastraratnakara'
> Brahmasri Devadatta Govinda Patil Ji sports
> shikha and smashru.
>
> Here are couple of photos:
>
> ................
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2360729227323527&set=pcb.2360729407323509&type=3&theater
>
> ..........
>
> He studied under Shri Mani Dravida Sastrigal and well known scholar across
> India.  Strangely, he has only moustache.
>
> Several years back, I remember a swamiji saying that a brAhmaNa who sports
> moustache cannot perform Achamana as it
> is rAjasika lakSaNa.
>
> rgs,
> sriram
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Regards

-Venkatesh