Udayavar ThridhaNdam kaimkaryam

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Dear Friends,

Can anyone explain me what is ThridhaNdam and its role?

 

 

PB Sridevi Suresh

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Dear Srimathi Sridevi Suresh:

 

Thri+ DhaNdam means the three sticks.

These sticks are thin Bamboo saplings

tied together with sacred thread and

rituals to protect the vows taken by

a VaishNava sanyAsi as he enters the sanyAsa aasramam.

He receives the ochre robe, PrEksha manthram

( manthram to initate him into th eorder of SanyAsis from

his AchAryan ) . The three sticks stand symbolically

for the vows to adhere strictly to SanyAsa Dahrmam

(Code of Conduct) .There is a flag

of white hue on top of that sticks tied together.

That symbolizes purity and victory among other things.

The 11th slOkam of YathirAja sapthadhi of

Swamy Desikan covers the Radiant beauty of

AchArya RaamAnujA as the Emperor of Monks

with his ThridhaNDam , Sacred thread, Sikhai

and sacred marks (puNDram ) of the Lord on his body .

 

AchArya RaamAnujA took sanyasam at Kaanchi

in front of Lord VaradarAjA .A sanyAsi

has to have the ThridhaNdam in his hands or nearby

always. The ThridhaNdam on the hands of

AchArya RaamAnujA symbolizes further that

he is Yathi RaajA or the emperor of

SanyAsis . That is the significance.

 

In non-VaishNavite Sanyasa dharmam, One instead

of three bamboo sticks is held on the hand of

the ascetic ; further , they do not wear the sacred

thread and they shave of their heads instead of

keeping the tuft of hair (sikai ).

 

EmbAr in his salutation to his Achaaryan,

Sri RaamAnujA , admires the shining thridhandam in

his hands. ThridhaNdam also stands for the three kinds

of DhaNDanais (punishments) for transgressing

Saasthra injunctions. The greatness of the thridhaNdam

symbolizing AchArya RaamAnujA as the yathi Raajan

can be enjoyed from the sacred work (Sri Sookthi)

of his sishyar revered as Sri RaamAnuja NoorathAdhi.

 

I request other BhakthAs to add more information

on the significance of ThridhaNdam in the context

of the ThridhaNdam replacement /samarpaNam project

and the AzhwAr CD ROM project .Thnaks for all

of your support for these two dreams to come true.

Hope this helps,

V.Sadagopan

 

At 05:12 AM 3/24/00 -0800, you wrote:

>Dear Friends,

> Can anyone explain me what is ThridhaNdam and its role?

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>PB Sridevi Suresh

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