Guest guest Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Namaste Dan, here is Swami's reply to the question below: Actually Mahalaya refers to the Amavasya preceding the Navaratri of Ashwin in September - October. There are two different words: Shraddha means memorial observance and Shraddhaa means faith. There are many occasions to perform Shraddha, which are always observed with Shraddhaa. , bmarley343 wrote: > > Namaste swamiji, pranams to you. > > i am wondering about some things referring to mahalaya. > > as i understand every navaratri begins with mahalaya on the full moon > before navaratri then kali puja the next day, > and mahalaya consists of shradda and tarpana. > > i am wondering what is shradda in this context. i only know the word as > faith. > > and tarpana i understand as thanking our lineage. the only place i have > these mantras are from the kali puja which i am wondering, are these > the mantras to always use for tarpana or just during kali puja? is > there anywhere on the site which contains other tarpana mantras? > > and would these 2 consist of a full mahalaya sadhana? > > thank you so much! > > love dan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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