Guest guest Posted September 27, 2001 Report Share Posted September 27, 2001 SrimathE RaamAnujAya Namaha AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigalE Saranam Dear Bakthas I have the following 2 queries : 1. Is Sravana Nakshatram the birth star of Sriman NaarAyanan. If so, whether Bhagavan was born in the Bhoo Lokam. What is the significance of "Born" 2. I understand that "Ladies" should not recite Vedham. Is there any emperical reason for this ? I would request the elite members of this group to enlighten this ignorant's query. Beg pardon if the question is wrong in any way to be raised. Best Regards G. Sundarrajan PT. Aneka Kimia Raya Tbk Wisma AKR, Jalan Panjang No.5 Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta 11530 Indonesia Tel : 62-21-5311110 Extn. 898 Fax : 62-21-5311388 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2001 Report Share Posted September 28, 2001 Dear Sundararajan: SravaNa nakshathram is indeed the VishNu Nakshathram , associated always with Sriman NaarAyaNan. The avaathAram of the Lord is celebrated with appropriate Nakshathrams and Thithi. The nirnayam of the date for such celebrations is defined by our AchAryAs elaborately.Therefore , I will mkae general statements and refer you to detailed articles in the Bhakthi archives about the rationale behind settling on these dates each year. For instance Sri Krishna Jayanthi celebrating His avathAram at Vada Mathurai is celebrated in Ashtami thithi of "AvaNi month ", when RohiNi Nakshathram is in ascendance . Lord Rama was born on a Punarvasu Nakshthram, Navami Thithi. Lord NrusimhA's avathAra Dinam is SvAthi. Lord RanganAthA's descent as archA moorthy at Srirangam is Revathi. Sri RanganAyaki ThAyaar's avathAra Dinam is Uthtira Nakshathram in Panguni. Lord of Seven hills appeared as self-manifest on this PurattAsi SravaNam day for wedding PadmAvathi ThAyAr. The Lord is beyond time , dEsam and other prescribing limitations. But , for our purposes of special adoration of Him , we single out these days as Thirunakshathram days. In answer to your second question , in the old times , there have been many Vedic seers ,who were women. There was no limitaiton on them to study or recite Vedams .Many Veda Manthrams bear their names (e-g): LobhA MudhrA , the wife of Sage Agasthyar et al. I have written a detailed article on Vedic Women(RishikAs). Smt .Nagu Satyan can help you retrieve it , since it was published in the Naama news letter. Times change and in the recent practise , Women do not learn to recite Vedams . SthrI dharmam in Kali Yugam has rstricted Vedic learning for the male during their BrahmachAri days and Upanayanam is performed to start them off to learn Vedam at a qualified teacher's feet. Today as before , Women have equal rights in all Vedic ceremonies , Yaagam , Yaj~nyam et al. Once the wife has passed away , the Man loses his adhikAram to perform these samskArams . I have posted another detailed articles on the 40 Hindu samskArams that you may find useful introduction .It should also be in the Bhakthi archives. NamO NaarAyaNAya , V.Sadagopan At 03:23 PM 9/27/01 +0700, you wrote: >SrimathE RaamAnujAya Namaha >AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigalE Saranam > >Dear Bakthas > >I have the following 2 queries : > >1. Is Sravana Nakshatram the birth star of Sriman NaarAyanan. If so, whether Bhagavan was born in the Bhoo Lokam. What is the significance of "Born" >2. I understand that "Ladies" should not recite Vedham. Is there any emperical reason for this ? > >I would request the elite members of this group to enlighten this ignorant's query. > >Beg pardon if the question is wrong in any way to be raised. > >Best Regards > >G. Sundarrajan >PT. Aneka Kimia Raya Tbk >Wisma AKR, Jalan Panjang No.5 >Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta 11530 >Indonesia >Tel : 62-21-5311110 Extn. 898 >Fax : 62-21-5311388 > > > > > > > > >----------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - >To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list >Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ > > >Your use of is subject to > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2001 Report Share Posted October 1, 2001 "2. I understand that "Ladies" should not recite Vedham. Is there any emperical reason for this ?" I too have heard people saying this. However havent come across anywhere in writing. Adeyen would request the learned bhaktas to tell me *where is it said that Ladies should not recite Vedham?* In my humble opinion (please feel free to disagree) The following points conflicts this We are aware of one of the meaning for "Purushaha" which simply means the one who is residing in a city (pura) named sharira(body). Which means all of us (including ladies) are purushahas. Also we know another interpretation that Sriman Narayana alone is purusha and rest of the creation are female. Which means none of us are purushas I'm almost sure that this all those who have interest and dedication for learining vedas are eligible irrespective of caste, gender or religion. However expert's comments are needed here dAsan Srivatsa --- Sundarrajan <sundar wrote: > SrimathE RaamAnujAya Namaha > AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigalE Saranam > > Dear Bakthas > > I have the following 2 queries : > > 1. Is Sravana Nakshatram the birth star of Sriman > NaarAyanan. If so, whether Bhagavan was born in the > Bhoo Lokam. What is the significance of "Born" > 2. I understand that "Ladies" should not recite > Vedham. Is there any emperical reason for this ? > > I would request the elite members of this group to > enlighten this ignorant's query. > > Beg pardon if the question is wrong in any way to be > raised. > > Best Regards > > G. Sundarrajan > PT. Aneka Kimia Raya Tbk > Wisma AKR, Jalan Panjang No.5 > Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta 11530 > Indonesia > Tel : 62-21-5311110 Extn. 898 > Fax : 62-21-5311388 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > ----------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - > To Post a message, send it to: > bhakti-list > Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Listen to your Mail messages from any phone. http://phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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