thiruman kappu

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Srimathe ramanujaya namah

Srimathe Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

Mr Sridharan Srinivasan wrote

>Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is the significance

>of the nAma that we VaishnavAs wear (12 of em in different places).

>I have heard that it is the Bhagavad PAda and have even seen the nama drawn

>with BhagavAn's pAda taking the place of the Nama.

 

We seek the sannidhyam of perumal alongwith thayar in these namas. Such a

dhyanam helps the prapannas not to commit any mistakes.

 

The 12 thiruman kappu is applied in the following order

 

Forehead, Abdomen Center, Chest, Neck middle,

abdomen right , right shoulder , right neck,

abdomen left , left shoulder , left neck,

small back and the nape

 

one should only use either the index finger or the ring(pavithra) finger for

applying. Sri Surnam is applied between each of the thiruman kappu in the

same order.

 

We should seek the sannidhyam of perumal and pratti and in the place of

shodashopachara, the following mantras one set for perumal and another for

thayar are pronunced in the same order as above by touching the

corresponding body's part and the last one is pronunced by touching one's

head.

 

kesavaya namah

narayanaya namah

madhavaya namah

govindaya namah

vishnave namah

madhusudhanaya namah

trivikramaya namah

vamanaya namah

sridharaya namah

hrishikeshaya namah

padmanabhaya namah

damodaraya namah

vasudevaya namah

 

Sri Surna Dhyana

 

sriyay namah

amrthotbhavaya namah

kamalaya namah

chandrasotharyay namah

vishnupathnyay namah

vaishnavyay namah

vararohaya namah

harivallabhaya namah

sarginyay namah

devadevikayay namah

surasundaryay namah

mahalakshmiyay namah

 

ps: i havenot used the itrans transiteration

 

Adiyen ramanuja dasan

 

ramaraj