More on chanting of Prabandam

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Govindharajan :

Thaks very much for your timely input.

I am making soem inquiries to get any variations

at different divya desams on the chronology and content

of observances of Anadhyayanam . Your version is

very much in vogue and my curiosity is to get

a full perspective .If anything comes out of my inquiries

with Sri V.N.Gopala DesikAchAr swamy of Oppilaippan koil ,

ThiruvallikkENi AdhyApAkAs ( Sri Viji triplicane ) ,

Kanchipuram ( Sri Varadhan ) , Sri Mani Varadarajan ,

Professor VasudhA Narayanan ( keen student of the Recitation

tradition ) , Sri Anbil Swami , Sri Dileepan and

others , I will sumamrize the collective inputs .

 

Meanwhile , Please accept my sincere thanks for

the timely information sought by our friends in Baharain

and Singapore as well as here .I will try to speculate on

the reaon for the anaadhyanam of some of the Paasurams

during this period . May I also request other members

to share with us their knowledge onthe subject ?

 

I will also write on the description of the Pakal and Iraa Patthu

festivals at Srirangam to provide the backdrop for

the anadhyayanam & Adhyayanam .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

At 10:56 PM 12/5/98 EST, you wrote:

>

>I have some information about chanting during anadyayanam and after.

>One version is that starting from Dec 3, 1998 chanting of entire prabandam

>is suspended including Thiruppallandu and Thiruppavai pasurams (last two).

>Between Dec 3 to Dec 18, 1998, tamil prabandams of Sri. Desikar (Adaikkalapthu,

>Adhikara sangraham, Prabandasaram, Pillai Anthathi & others) and of

>Sri. ManavALa MAmunigaL (Upadhesa Rathhina mAlai) are recited.

>

>During Dhanur masam (Dec 16, 1998 to Jan 14, 1999), Thiruppalliyezhuchi and

>Thiruppavai are only chanted. (In Sattumurai, thiruppallandu is

>not recited; last two verses from Adaikkalapathu or Upadesa rathina mAlai can

>also be chanted). The tamil prabandams of Sri. Desikar and Sri. ManavALa

>MAmunugal can be still recited during this period.

>

>>From Dec 19, '98 to Jan 7'99, the entire Prabanda pasurams are

>chanted including Thiruppallandu (being the first verse) in the nalayiram.

>On Jan 8, 1999 Iyarpa is chanted. Between Jan 9 thru Feb 4, 1999, the

recitation

>of prabandam is suspended. During the above period, again tamil prabandams of

>Sri. Desikar and Sri. ManavALa mAmunigaL are recited. From Feb 5, 1999 (Thai-

>Hastam) the recitation of NAlAyira Prabandam is resumed.

>

>dAsan

>

>Govindarajan.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sri T.R. Govindarajan wrote:

> During Dhanur masam (Dec 16, 1998 to Jan 14, 1999), Thiruppalliyezhuchi and

> Thiruppavai are only chanted. (In Sattumurai, thiruppallandu is

> not recited; last two verses from Adaikkalapathu or Upadesa rathina mAlai can

> also be chanted). The tamil prabandams of Sri. Desikar and Sri. ManavALa

> MAmunugal can be still recited during this period.

 

I do not know much about the tradition of anadhayananm

(non-recitation of Divya Prabandham) period, other than what list

members have written and a few notes that I have read. With regard

to recitation of thiruppallaandu paasurams, however, my late

grandfather Sri T.S. Ahobalacharya, in his description of his

"ArAdhana-krama", has written that Sri Uttamur Viraraghavacharya

Swami maintained that there is nothing wrong in saying the the

first two thiruppallaandu paasurams even during anadhyayanam. My

grandfather added that this question needs to be further

clarified.

 

By the way, there are a few articles in the Archives about this

issue:

 

http://www.best.com/~mani/sv/bhakti/archives/nov97/0129.html

http://www.best.com/~mani/sv/bhakti/archives/nov97/0134.html

http://www.best.com/~mani/sv/bhakti/archives/nov97/0135.html

http://www.best.com/~mani/sv/bhakti/archives/nov97/0137.html

 

I look forward to reading more. I would also like an explanation

as to why this tradition of not reciting Prabandham during this

period originated.

 

Mani

 

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> From Dec 19, '98 to Jan 7'99, the entire Prabanda pasurams are

> chanted including Thiruppallandu (being the first verse) in the nalayiram.

> On Jan 8, 1999 Iyarpa is chanted. Between Jan 9 thru Feb 4, 1999, the

recitation

> of prabandam is suspended. During the above period, again tamil prabandams of

> Sri. Desikar and Sri. ManavALa mAmunigaL are recited. From Feb 5, 1999

(Thai-

> Hastam) the recitation of NAlAyira Prabandam is resumed.