ritual - vasanta navarAtri dates

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Namaste

 

My calendar shows that vasantha navarAtri begins tomorow and ends on

14th i.e. shrIrAma navamI.

 

, Gopal G <gopal_gopinath wrote:

> When you say rituals, what do you mean by that term?

 

The same ones that our Sriram is referring to.

And the following too...between stars

<<An interesting biographical tale is narrated regarding trivikrama

deshika: He was born in a learned Brahmin family in oDDiyAna, where

he learned the sAmaveda and **as well as prayoga-s from all other

veda-s** and became a notable scholar.>>

 

Also meant the vedic and tAntric practices which are fast

disappearing.

To be more specific: Ex: In the tAntric context, the practices

involving worship of various devata-s with yantra-s, manDala-s, homa-

s etc.

 

> There were a few or no rituals known in the Rg vedic

> times. The procedures seem to have been established at

> a later time to core rig vedic hymnal period. Could

> you kindly elaborate on it?

 

I am neither qualified nor competent enough to talk about these.

Perhaps somebody else who researched this can explain..

 

> If you could, then pl

> explain what do you think are the objectives of the

> rituals.

 

Objectives: They say some rituals should be performed daily and some

at specific times of the year. By not performing these it is said one

will incur sin. There are no(if -not incurring sin- does not count)

objectives for some of these.

 

A few are done to attain svarga/material and non-material benefits.

 

Others are performed to aid one in the quest for ultimate Ananda/or

ending of all suffering(mokSha if you want to call it).

 

There are seperate rituals for various contexts which bring the favor

of various devata-s for the well being, to heal or to ward-off

upadrava-s(calamities/misfortunes).

 

Rgds