7-Lokams

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Sri Rukmani Samedha Sri Parthasarathy Swamine Namaha :

 

This is in reference to 7 lokams:

 

ezhulageyirrinil kondanai - Thiruvezhukutrirukkai

 

poruma neelpadai aazhisangathodu

thiruma neelkazhal ezhulagum thozha - Thiruvaimozhi 1-10-1

 

oorayiramaiy olagezhalikum

perayiram kondathOr peedudaiyan - Thiruvaimozhi 9-3-1

 

This are some references of 7 lokams by Kaliyan and Kurugur Maran by no means

complete.

 

Incidentaly next to Srirangam we regard Thirumalai Thirupathi where there is 7

hills (sapthagiri)

Then we have saptharishi(Athri, Bhrughu, Kutsa, Vasishta, Gautama, Kasyapa,

Aangirasa) whom we also salute in everyday Sandhyavandhanam. There may also

be 7 seas (I vaguely remeber ezhu kadal) not sure though. If any one has any

thoughts it will be interesting.

 

Thanks very much for sharing the blessings of Sri Narasimhar (Thelliya singar

as he is called in Triplicane) very aptly at the time of Narasimha Jayanthi.

 

While I dont want to get really into the conversation of Srimans Mani

Varadarajan, Krishna Kalale, Mohan Sagar

I do wish to point out that many learned authors have indicated that that it is

the words in Sanskrit that are really important. The language of Sanskrit is

such that it can convey a whole lot in a single but complex word. And I think

that is also the reason why it can be interpreted differently by different

people.

I am really enjoying all the postings and thank everyone for sharing your

thoughts.

 

What ever I knew about kumbabishekam:

Sri Vaishnavas call it SamprokshaNam Saivites call it kumbabishekam. The temple

and the lord in the Garbagraha after being constructed as per Silpa Sastras and

is ready for next step. Then they start with 108 kalasams(1008 also is possible)

or less and consecrate the homa gundam and chant vedas , upanishads , puranams

etc. and Thiruvaimozhi. There is some ratio like for so many kalasams so many

1000 times homam with agni etc., This is done for about 7 or 10 days and all the

energy is consecrecated in the water. This water in the kalasams is being

sprayed in case of Samprokshanam and showered in the case of kumbabishekam on to

the Gopuram/S of the temple and also on the Deities of the temple. All the

idols get the Sakthi thru this process and every year after that Thiru Pavithra

uthsavam will be done to establish the powers of the idols. Even though there

are differences Saivite or Srivaishnavite temples follow either vaikanasa or

Sripancharathra agama which is the same. As per showering the holy water on the

kalasams as opposed to just spraying by Srivaishnavites may have to do with

Lord Siva being abhisheka priyar and Lord Vishnu being Alankara priyar. May be

not ?

 

 

Everything correctly stated in the above post is entirely due to the grace of

my Acharyan. All errors are due to my shortcomings.

 

I just borrowed this from Sri. Muralidhar Rangaswamy since it applies to me as

well.

 

Adiyen

murali