[ Urdhva Pundara Lakshanam( Form of Thiruman)]

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At 12:15 PM 11/18/2002 -0800, K.S.Venkataraghavan wrote:

 

>Dear members

>

>adiyen would like to add a rejoinder rather an ammendment to adiyen's

>posting earlier(August 28th 2002 and then one before )

>on the form of thiruman.

>

>adiyen mentioned in both the mails that

>

>The base must be worn first.and the thiruman starts from the base

>which is the tip of the nose.

>

> >> Please note that there are no explicit " pramAnAs " in support of the

>above statement.so one can chose to wear the " base " later.....

 

 

 

Please refer to Ahnikagrantham by Srimad Azhagia Singar in poorvasramam,

page 165 in the section, " Urdhva puNdara dhAraNa vidhi " .

 

Here, Srimad Azhagiya Singar states,

 

" netriyil, mUkkin adip bAgathhilirundhu thodangi,

kEsam uLLa aLavu thirumaN ittkkoLLa vENdum. "

 

" thiruman must be worn on the forehead, starting at

the base of the nose bridge and ending upto the hair

line. "

 

 

Further, in page 168, we see the following:

 

" mudhalil pAdhaththai amaiththukkoNdu piRagu valappakkaththu,

idappakkatthu kAl (kOdu) kaLai muRaiyE aNiyavENdum. idhu

sishtarkaLin anushtAnaththAl aRivadhAgum. "

 

" First, the base must be formed; then, the right side and left side

(Lord''s) feet/lines must be worn, respectively. " This is understood

from the practice of elder scholars of tradition. "

 

From these it is clear that one must NOT choose to the wear the base later.

It must be worn first.

 

This section describes the procedure for wearing 12 thirumaNs in great detail.

Please refer to it.

 

-- adiyEn