vadhUdharmacandrikA

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Srimate vikhano mahAgurave namaH

 

 

Dear Bhaktas,

at present I am reading a text called VadhUdharmacandrikA, "the moonlight of

female duties", but I have some difficulties in understanding some of the terms

for the daily ritual practice of a Vaishnava woman.

 

Therefore, I would like to ask the members of this list to clarify some doubts:

 

1) the term pancakAla is not used but the day is woman's structured according to

this concept (abhigamana, upAdAna, ijyA, adhyayana, yoga). Is the application of

the rituals subsumed as pancakAla on women unusual or is it common?

 

2) are these pancakAlas followed today by many Srivaishnavas?

 

3) one is supposed to utter the "haryashtaka" before actually getting up in the

morning. What is "haryashtaka"?

 

4) according to this text women have to utter a Samkalpa ("SrIgovinda

GovindaSrI, mahAviSNor AjnayA pravartamAnasya adyabrahmanaH dvitIyaparArthe ...

bhagavadanujnayA bhagavatprItyartham SrImannArAyanakaimkaryarUpam prAtasnAnam

kariSye") before doing snAna in the morning.

Is the uttering of a Samkalpa by women unusual or common?

 

5) the woman is supposed to meditate on the SrIkRSNacaramam, SrIrAmacaramam,

SItAcaramam, VarAhacaramam, SudarSanacaramam and PAncajanyacaramam. What is the

source of these Caramams and what is the significance of meditating on these

Slokas?

 

6) afterwards, she should do agnisamrakSana (or agnirakSana, also

devAgniSuSrUSA). What kind of ritual action does this term signify? "protection

of the fire"?

 

7) after nivedana she should, at the time of vaiSvadeva, perform agniparicaryA -

what does this mean?

 

8) does the term sAtvikatyAga signify a specific ritual action or is it an inner

attitude?

 

Thank you very much in advance for clearing my doubts

With best regards

 

Ute Huesken

 

 

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