Guest guest Posted October 23, 1998 Report Share Posted October 23, 1998 Dear Bhagavatas: So far as my understanding goes, the entire Sandhyavandanam Mantras are of Vedic origin -- not merely Gayatri. Of all the Mantras, Gayatri is said to be the mother of all Chandas. It is not correct to say that only GAyatri and Ashtaksharam are of Vedic origin. The Dvaya Mantram, for example, is said to have been taken from mantras occurring in two different contexts in the Katha Upanishad, which is very much a part of the Vedas-in fact, hailed as Veda Siras. Dasoham Anbil Ramaswamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 1998 Report Share Posted October 23, 1998 Rajagopalan, Murli writes : "With regard to Nitya Karma, you (Sreemaan Muralidhar Rangawamy) mention that only the Gaayatri and the thirumantram are of Vedic origin. Does this mean that all other mantrams like the gaayatri aavahana and gaayatri udhvaasana and several other mantras that occur in the sandhya vandanam (depending on the shaakha one belongs to) are all of pourANic origin? Maybe what you mean is that of the mantras that we use for japam, only two are of Vedic origin." A question here : would not the mantras such as "apo hi SHtaa mayo bhuva:" be of Vedic origin also ? I believe this is an aapri hymn of rg vedic origin. The salutations to agni, mitra, and varuNa may also be of Vedic origin, I think. Could someone clarify this, please ? Regards, Sundar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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