What is DWIHI ACHAMYA

[Dr.D.G.Vedia]

Dear Scholars,

               I  want to know the meaning of "dviracamya" in connection to rituals of GRUHYASUTRA. Please explain and oglige.
Thanks 

& Regards,

Dr.D.G.Vedia

[Hnbhat B.R.]

5-4-17 संख्यायाः क्रियाऽभ्यावृत्तिगणने कृत्वसुच् ।

5-4-18 द्वित्रिचतुर्भ्यः सुच् ।

The above explains the meaning of the word द्विः twice, an अव्यय, derived from the number द्वि. आचम्य - आ+चमु भक्षणे - क्त्वा > ल्यप् - आचम्य - after having drunk (water).

I hope the ritual आचमन accompanying any ritual normally to purify before beginning any ritual. I think this is a rough explanation, but better is understood who practice daily rituals. 

The above explains it the rite technically. A pdf file is attached containing the procedures according to different texts. More details can be expected from the members.

[Shrivathsa B]

dvirAcamya = having sipped water twice. i.e. doing Acamana twice.
Acamana is done using various mantras. Each sampradAya has a different one.

the Acamana which one may follow is:
Please note that the whole procedure below counts for one Acamana. For dvirAcamana, you will have to repeat steps 1 to 10 twice.
1. acyutAya namaH (take water in uddaraNi from left hand and pour it into your right palm which has been made into gokarNAkR^iti and take one sip of water)
2. anantAya namaH (another sip)
3. govindAya namaH (another sip)

This is followed by ritual touching of various parts of the body along with chanting bhagavaan's name (in case of bilateral organs, the right side is touched first)
4. keshava nArAyaNa (cheeks, using tip of right thumb)
5. mAdhava govinda (eyes, using tip of right ring finger)
6. viShNu madhusUdana (nose, both sides, using tip of right index finger)
7. trivikrama vAmana (ears using tip of right small finger )
8. shrIdhara hR^iShiikesha (shoulders using tip of right middle finger)
9. padmanAbha (navel i.e. nAbhi using tips of all five right fingers combined)
10. dAmodara (top of head, using tips of all five right fingers combined).

   This is one form of Acamana. There are several variants of it.
   Acamana is prescribed after every possible bodily pollution (after defecation, urination etc.) or in the case of special purification (Acamana after taking bath, or Acamana before pUja, before accepting dAna etc.). It is also prescribed after finishing food etc. some times one has to do dvirAcamana (Acamana twice), or trirAcamana (thrice). The idea of Acamana is that bhagavaan's name purifies us.

svasti,
                 JAYA BHAVAANII BHAARATII,
                                                                           shrivathsa.

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[V Subrahmanian]

श्रीमद्भागवते पूतनावधानन्तरं  गोप्यः आचमनं चक्रुरित्यभिहितम् ।

गोप्यः संस्पृष्टसलिला अङ्गेषु करयोः पृथक्॥ न्यस्यात्मन्यथ बालस्य बीजन्यासमकुर्वत॥ १६.६.२१

कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्

[V Subrahmanian]

There is also a 'त्रिराचामेत्’ (three times Achamanam).  This occurs in the 'brahmayajnam' where after sipping water thrice no touching of various parts (accompanied by uttering the various names of Lord Vishnu) of the body follows.  There is a difference between shrautAchamanam and the ordinary Achamanam.  I think the त्रिराचामेत् is shrautAchamanam. 

regards
subrahmanian.v

[Dr. P. Ramanujan]

श्रौताचमनेऽपि द्विः
परिमार्जन, सकृदुपस्पर्शन,
शिरः, चक्षुषी, नासिके,
श्रोत्रे, हृदयमिति
अष्टानामङ्गानां आलम्भः
विहितः । तदा
विष्णोर्नाम्नाम्
अनुपयोगेऽपि अन्ते नमो
विष्णवे बृहते करोमीति
परिधानीया ऋक् पठनीयेति
विहितमस्ति यज्ञो वै
विष्णुः इति हेतोः
(तद्द्वेषिणामपि) ।

रामानुजः

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012, V Subrahmanian <v.subra...@gmail.com> said:

> There is also a 'त्रिराचामेत्’ (three times Achamanam). This occurs in the

'brahmayajnam' where after sipping water thrice* no *touching of various

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[Ganesan]

Generally Acamana, the bsic purificatory rite is done thrice at the
commencement of rituas suc as worship, homa, etc., all puurva rites.
But during the performance of te apara rites, such as funeral rites,
obsequieces, Shraaddha, PitRtarpaNa, etc. aacamana is done twice =
DVIRACAMYA.
The actiual mantra given in the early SmRti texts for Acamana is :
ऋग्वेदं प्रीणाति ।
यजुर्वेदं प्रीणाति ।
सामवेदं प्रीणाति ।

Ganesan

[Hnbhat B.R.]

In many प्रयोग contexts, आचम्य, प्राणानायम्य, etc. are directions as commonly understood without any specific direction twice or thrice. 

The other usage is अप उपस्पृश्य,उपस्पृश्य are also to be found as taken understood it relates to अपः just like आचम्य. The remaining may vary according to the context of the rite as required by the स्मृति texts.

 उपस्पृश्य द्विजो नित्यमन्नमद्यात् समाहितः |  भुक्त्वा चौपस्पृशेत् सम्यगद्भिः खानि च  स्पृशेत् 

I do have my own स्मृति (memory) of hearing both 

ऋग्वेदाय स्वाहा।

यजुर्वेदाय स्वाहा।

सामवेदाय स्वाहा।

अथर्ववेदाय नमः।

इतिहासपुराणाभ्यां नमः।

of which the first three are for sipping water and the last for touching the limbs eyes and ears.

The same with the names of विष्णु are recited as given by श्रीवत्स, which also I have noticed. But I am not sure of a single आचमन contains three times sipping and remaining with touching the limbs with water. 

Hence both comprise आचमन or उपस्पर्श making them synonyms in the कोश-s like अमर. The above text itself contains three times sipping water and makes one आचमन. Now, when द्विराचम्य means it makes the आचमन completely repeated twice and it is normal. त्रिराचम्य also means the same, literally sipping three times and makes one आचमन complete. Now, taking both the views, they will be ratified with the स्मृति, प्रयोग, धर्मसूत्र texts which require the number of आचमन-s.

I am not acquainted with any text and hence I am not entering into the discussion whether it be single (least possible), twice or thrice. The question was asked without any context given, means performing आचमन twice (not literal meaning of sipping water).

And the mantra-s also may differ following regional variations. 

With regards

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Dr. P. Ramanujan <ra...@cdac.in> wrote:

श्रौताचमनेऽपि द्विः
परिमार्जन, सकृदुपस्पर्शन,
शिरः, चक्षुषी, नासिके,
श्रोत्रे, हृदयमिति
अष्टानामङ्गानां आलम्भः
विहितः । तदा
विष्णोर्नाम्नाम्
अनुपयोगेऽपि अन्ते नमो
विष्णवे बृहते करोमीति
परिधानीया ऋक् पठनीयेति
विहितमस्ति यज्ञो वै
विष्णुः इति हेतोः

सर्वमिदं सम्मतमिदं विहाय - 

(तद्द्वेषिणामपि) ।

पूर्वोक्तानुष्ठानान्ते स्मार्ता अपि ’ओं नमो ब्रह्मणे नमोऽस्त्वग्नये नमः पृथिव्यै नम ओषधीभ्यः । नमो वाचे नमो वाचस्पतये नमो विष्णवे बृहते करोमि’ इति पठन्त्यवश्यम् ।  न ते विष्णुद्वेषिणः ।

भवदीयः
सुब्रह्मण्यशर्मा  

रामानुजः

[subrahmanyam korada]

नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

द्विः आचम्य -- गौतमाचारसूत्रम् / गौतमसूत्रम्

आचमनम् - origin and development

In तैतिरीयारण्यकम् (2) - स्वाध्यायब्राह्मणम् , which mentions many
Niyamas related to सन्ध्यावन्दनम् , पञ्चमहायज्ञाः , स्वाध्यायः(the
popular स्वाध्यायो’ध्येतव्यः is from this प्रश्न only), अनध्यायाः etc
, the following text is there (11-15) -

ब्रह्मयज्ञेन यक्ष्यमाणः प्राच्यां दिशि ग्रामादछदिर्दर्श उदीच्यां
प्रागुदीच्यां वोदित आदित्ये दक्षिणत उपवीयोपविश्य हस्ताववनिज्य

" त्रिराचामेत् द्विः परिमृज्य सकृदुपस्पृश्य सव्यं पाणिं पादौ प्रोक्षति
शिरश्चक्षुषी नासिके श्रोत्रे ह्दयमालभ्य "

यत् त्रिराचामति तेन ऋचः प्रीणाति यद्द्विः परिमृजति तेन यजूग्ंषि
यत्स्कृदुपस्पृशति तेन सामानि यत्सव्यं पाणिं पादौ प्रोक्षति
यच्छिरश्चक्षुषी नासिके श्रोत्रे हृदयमालभते तेनाथर्वाङ्गिरसो
ब्राह्मणानीतिहासान्पुराणानीकल्पान्गाथानाराशग्ंसीःप्रीणाति ---

This is called श्रौताचमनम् - the first part , i.e. त्रिराचामेत् , is
pronounced thrice and water is taken - in other words in this आचमनम्
there is no word need be uttered while taking water.

In some books styled यजुर्वेदसन्ध्यावन्दनम् / सन्ध्यावन्दनम् printed
in Telugu , गायत्रीमन्त्र is given for the above आचमनम् - this is due
to lack of knowledge of Vedic literature , Kalpa, Mimamsa etc.

The second one is पुराणाचमनम् --

केशवाय स्वाहा , नारायणाय स्वाहा , माधवाय स्वाहा - water is taken thrice .

गोविन्दाय नमः ....श्रीकृष्णाय नमः - some people do अङ्गन्यास and
करन्यास (I am not taught by my father) . Some people say गोविन्द ,
विष्णो , मधुसूदन ...

For gents it is स्वाहा for the first three and then गोविन्दाय नमः etc.

For ladies it is केशवाय नमः .... गोविन्दाय नमः (although Mimamsa
prescribes performance of Yaga to single ladies also , somehow here
they are restricted from pronouncing स्वाहाकार)

For widows it will be केशव .... गोविन्द etc., i.e. neither स्वाहा nor नमः ।

The third type of आचमनम् is called स्मृत्याचमनम् - wherein bare
अङ्गन्यास and करन्यास , without any pronunciation , are performed .

If one changes his clothes , goes to toilets ( अल्पाचमानम् - this word
is used for urinals in Andhra) , before and after food, thinks in any
way became अपवित्र then one should do आचमानम् - list not exhaustive -
अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा ... यः स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः
शुचिः।

क्षुत्वा सुप्त्वा भुक्त्वा आचामेत् (गौतमधर्मसूत्रम्) ।

Here is गौतमाचारसूत्रम् --

स्थिरमनाः प्राङ्मुखः समे पीठे उपविश्य पादौ हस्तौ च प्रक्षाळ्य
जानुमध्यकरः द्विराचम्य ततः सन्ध्याम् उपासीत ।

तत्रैव आचमनविधिः ---

पश्चाद्देशान्तर उपवीतवान् आचामेत् अन्तर्जानुः शुचौ देशे उदङ्मुख
उपविष्टः न प्रह्वः न तिष्ठन् प्राग्वा ब्राह्मेन तीर्थेन शनैः पिबेत् ।
कुशपूतं तोयं कुशमिश्रं तोयं सोमपानं दिने दिने , कनिष्ठदेशिनि
अङ्गुष्ठमूलानि कराग्रं च क्रमात् प्रजापतिपितृब्रह्मदेवतीर्थानि ।
दक्षिणं करं गोकर्णाकृतिवत् कृत्वा जलं गोकर्णाकृतिना त्रिः पिबेत्
।....... काष्ठाब्जवेणुकालाबुचर्माश्मनारिकेळैः नाचामेत् । यदि आचामेत्
सदा अशुचिरेव स्यात् । कौपीनकटिदोरं विना यः श्रौतस्मार्तानुष्ठानं करोति
तत्सर्वं निष्फलं नरकं चैव गच्छतीति आचमनविधिः ।

शनैः - शब्दम् अकुर्वन् (in another स्मृति) - I have noticed great
scholars doing आचमनम् with sound .

अन्तर्जानुः / जानुमध्यकरः - some people sit knees upright and keep
the right hand outside the right knee - this is against the आचार
(आचारहीनं न पुनन्ति वेदाः) - so even if one sits in a different
posture due to physical problems etc the hand should be held within
the knees - this applies to all श्रौत and स्मार्त karmas.

मुद्गबीजमग्नप्रमाणं जलं स्वीकुर्यात् इति अन्यत्र ।

धन्यो’स्मि

2012/10/31 V Subrahmanian <v.subra...@gmail.com>:

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नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

under अन्तर्जानुः -- it should be 'hands' and not 'hand' .

धन्यो’स्मि

2012/11/2 subrahmanyam korada <kora...@gmail.com>:

[Ganesan]

मुद्गबीजमग्नप्रमाणं जलं स्वीकुर्यात् इति अन्यत्र ।

"माषमग्नजलं पीत्वा " इत्यपि पाठान्तरम् । 

"अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा . . .  यः स्मरेत् साम्बमीशानं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः " इत्ययं श्लोकोऽपि पठ्यते  ।

Ganesan