A query on sandhyopasana
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Shrikant Jamadagni
Nov 5, 2012, 9:19:03 AM11/5/12
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| Dear Scholars, In which ancient work can we find the earliest mention regarding performing daily sandhyopasana - especially the number of repetitions of gayatri-japa. warm regards. Shrikant Jamadagni Bangalore |
Dipak Bhattacharya
Nov 5, 2012, 10:31:33 AM11/5/12
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One finds the mention of Brahmayajña or Svādhyāya as obligatory in the Gṛhyasūtras – see Bodhāyana Gr. 2.9.5, Bhāradv. Gr.3.15, Vaikh. Gr. 6.17
etc. The Sandhyopāsanā is mentioned in some Gṛhyasūtras like the Drāhyāyaṇa.
But the elaborate sandhyopāsanā will not be found in detail.
Only the very late Paddhati-granthas give details. They vary from region to region
and from sect to sect.
Best
DB
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Shrisha Rao
Nov 5, 2012, 11:52:11 AM11/5/12
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El nov 5, 2012, a las 9:01 p.m., Dipak Bhattacharya <dbhattach...@yahoo.com> escribió:
> One finds the mention of Brahmayajña or Svādhyāya as obligatory in the Gṛhyasūtras – see Bodhāyana Gr. 2.9.5, Bhāradv. Gr.3.15, Vaikh. Gr.
There is of course अहरहः सन्ध्यामुपासीत, a विधि widely cited as श्रुति (but actual source not known to me). Manu (IV-94) also holds that the sages of yore gained longevity, fame, wisdom, etc., by long performance of सन्ध्या --
> One finds the mention of Brahmayajña or Svādhyāya as obligatory in the Gṛhyasūtras – see Bodhāyana Gr. 2.9.5, Bhāradv. Gr.3.15, Vaikh. Gr.
ऋषयो दीर्घसन्ध्यात्वात् दीर्धमायुरवाप्नुयुः ।
प्रज्ञां यशश्च कीर्तिं च ब्रह्मवर्चसमेव च ॥
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Shrisha Rao
V Subrahmanian
Nov 5, 2012, 12:12:58 PM11/5/12
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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Shrisha Rao <shrish...@gmail.com> wrote:
El nov 5, 2012, a las 9:01 p.m., Dipak Bhattacharya <dbhattach...@yahoo.com> escribió:
There is of course अहरहः सन्ध्यामुपासीत, a विधि widely cited as श्रुति (but actual source not known to me).
> One finds the mention of Brahmayajña or Svādhyāya as obligatory in the Gṛhyasūtras – see Bodhāyana Gr. 2.9.5, Bhāradv. Gr.3.15, Vaikh. Gr.
Namaste
A few months back when I was looking for the source of this अहरहः सन्ध्यामुपासीत Vidwan Vyasanakere Prabhanjanacharya of Bangalore told me that Sri Madhvacharya has cited it in the anu bhAShya. He also said that the source is the Aitareya Aranyakam and that he would give me the exact reference but could not do so as he became preoccupied with some other publications. I too did not pursue it with him.
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subrahmanian.v
Iragavarapu Narasimhacharya
Nov 6, 2012, 12:07:36 AM11/6/12
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प्रिय सुहृदः,
सादरम्प्रणम्य।"सन्ध्या पितृप्रसूः"इत्यमरनिघण्टौ। पितॄन् प्रसूत इति
पितृप्रसूः।सन्ध्यायाः ब्रह्मशरीरत्वात् पितृ
प्रसूरिति पुराणप्रसिद्धिः। सूर्योदयात्पूर्वं
घटिकापञ्चकं,सूर्यास्तमयात्पूर्वं घटिकात्रयं सन्ध्या इति व्यवह्रियते।
"प्राह्णापराह्णमध्याह्ना स्त्रिसन्ध्यम्"----इत्यमरकोशे। अह्नः
प्रारम्भः प्राह्णः।अह्नः अपरो भागः अपराह्णः।अह्नः मध्यो भागः
मध्याह्नः।
"ध्यै चिन्तायाम्"-----सम्यक् ध्यायन्ति अस्यामिति सन्ध्या।स्न्धीयते
अहोरात्राभ्यामिति वा सन्ध्या।
"डु धाञ्" धारणपोषणयोः--सन्धीयते अहोरात्राभ्यामिति सन्ध्या।
सन्ध्या नाम अर्कबिम्बाभिव्यक्त आदित्यशब्दवाच्या परब्रह्मरूपा
चिच्छक्तिः।(तैत्तिरीय सन्ध्याभाष्यकर्ता श्रीकृष्णपण्डितः)
गायत्रीमन्त्रेण ब्रह्मचैतन्यमेव
बोध्यतेऽति,चिच्छक्तिरूपि,आदित्यरूपि,गायत्रीरूपि ब्रह्मचैतन्यमेव
गायत्रीदेवतेति
तैत्तिरीय सन्ध्याभाष्यकर्तुः श्रीकृष्णपण्डितस्य
अभिप्रायः।(पश्यन्तु--सन्ध्यावन्दननियमाः--इति पुस्तकम्--रचयिता---श्री
उ.वॅ.प्र.ते.कं गोपालाचार्यस्वामिनः---पृष्टम् २३---सन्ध्याशब्दविचारः)
अभिवाद्य,
ऐएन्नेस्साचार्यः।<insac...@gmail.com>
सादरम्प्रणम्य।"सन्ध्या पितृप्रसूः"इत्यमरनिघण्टौ। पितॄन् प्रसूत इति
पितृप्रसूः।सन्ध्यायाः ब्रह्मशरीरत्वात् पितृ
प्रसूरिति पुराणप्रसिद्धिः। सूर्योदयात्पूर्वं
घटिकापञ्चकं,सूर्यास्तमयात्पूर्वं घटिकात्रयं सन्ध्या इति व्यवह्रियते।
"प्राह्णापराह्णमध्याह्ना स्त्रिसन्ध्यम्"----इत्यमरकोशे। अह्नः
प्रारम्भः प्राह्णः।अह्नः अपरो भागः अपराह्णः।अह्नः मध्यो भागः
मध्याह्नः।
"ध्यै चिन्तायाम्"-----सम्यक् ध्यायन्ति अस्यामिति सन्ध्या।स्न्धीयते
अहोरात्राभ्यामिति वा सन्ध्या।
"डु धाञ्" धारणपोषणयोः--सन्धीयते अहोरात्राभ्यामिति सन्ध्या।
सन्ध्या नाम अर्कबिम्बाभिव्यक्त आदित्यशब्दवाच्या परब्रह्मरूपा
चिच्छक्तिः।(तैत्तिरीय सन्ध्याभाष्यकर्ता श्रीकृष्णपण्डितः)
गायत्रीमन्त्रेण ब्रह्मचैतन्यमेव
बोध्यतेऽति,चिच्छक्तिरूपि,आदित्यरूपि,गायत्रीरूपि ब्रह्मचैतन्यमेव
गायत्रीदेवतेति
तैत्तिरीय सन्ध्याभाष्यकर्तुः श्रीकृष्णपण्डितस्य
अभिप्रायः।(पश्यन्तु--सन्ध्यावन्दननियमाः--इति पुस्तकम्--रचयिता---श्री
उ.वॅ.प्र.ते.कं गोपालाचार्यस्वामिनः---पृष्टम् २३---सन्ध्याशब्दविचारः)
अभिवाद्य,
ऐएन्नेस्साचार्यः।<insac...@gmail.com>
narayanan er
Nov 6, 2012, 12:15:41 AM11/6/12
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The Maitreyi Upanisad: 2-13 and 2-14 say the following:
मृता मोहमयी माता जातो बोधमयः सुतः। सूतकद्वयसम्प्राप्तौ कथं सन्ध्यामुपास्महे॥१३॥
हृदाकाशे चिदादित्यः सदा भासति भासति। नास्तमेति न चोदेति कथं सन्ध्यामुपास्महे॥१४॥
http://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/मैत्रेयि_उपनिषद्
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V Subrahmanian
Nov 8, 2012, 11:30:14 AM11/8/12
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In this link on a wiki page of the kUrmapurANam there is a reference to sandhyopasana and japa:
http://tinyurl.com/bcsboup
ततः संध्यामुपासीत पूर्वोक्तविधिना द्विजः ।
आसीनस्तु जपेद् देवीं गायत्रीं पश्चिमां प्रति ।। १९.२५
One may look for the place in this puraaNam itself for the 'pUrvoktavidhi' and see what is stated there.
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subrahmanian.v
http://tinyurl.com/bcsboup
ततः संध्यामुपासीत पूर्वोक्तविधिना द्विजः ।
आसीनस्तु जपेद् देवीं गायत्रीं पश्चिमां प्रति ।। १९.२५
One may look for the place in this puraaNam itself for the 'pUrvoktavidhi' and see what is stated there.
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subrahmanian.v
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नमो विद्वद्भ्यः
सन्ध्योपासना - origin
सन्ध्यावन्दनम् is mentioned in तैत्तिरीयारण्यकम् - स्वाध्यायब्राह्मणम् (2) --
शान्तिमन्त्रः -
नमो ब्रह्मणे नमो अस्त्व्ग्नये ...
रक्षाग्ंसि ह वा पुरो’नुवाके तपो’ग्रमतिष्ठन्त तान्प्रजापतिर्वरेणोपामन्त्रयत तानि वरम् अवृणीत आदित्यो नो योद्धा इति तान्प्रजापतिरब्रवीत् योधयध्वमिति
तस्मादुत्तिष्ठन्तग्ं ह वा तानि रक्षाग्ंसि आदित्यं योधयन्ति यावदस्तमन्वगात् तानि ह वा एतानि रक्षाग्ंसि गायत्रियाभि-मन्त्रितेन अंभसा शाम्यन्ति तदु ह वा
एते ब्रह्मवादिनः पूर्वाभिमुखाः सन्ध्यायां गायत्रियाभिमन्त्रिता आप ऊर्ध्वं विक्षिपन्ति ता एता आपो वज्रीभूत्वा तानि रक्षाग्ंसि मन्देहारुणे द्वीपे प्रक्षिपन्ति
यत्प्रदक्षिणं प्रक्रमन्ति तेन पाप्मानमवधून्वन्ति
उद्यन्तम् अस्तंयन्तम् आदित्यम् अभिध्यायन् कुर्वन् ब्राह्मणो विद्वान् सकलं भद्रमश्नुते
असावादित्यो ब्रह्मेति ब्रह्मैव सन् ब्रह्माप्येति
य एवं वेद ॥
य एवं वेद ॥
Over a period of time sages had developed and we received it in the present form - see परिशिष्टम् of कुमारिल also .
उत्तिष्ठन्तु भूतपिशाचाः = कामक्रोधादयः
ब्रह्मकर्म अविरोधेन समारभे
To show that there is no difference but just names , it is ब्रह्म only --
To show that there is no difference but just names , it is ब्रह्म only --
शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय शिवरूपाय विष्णवे ।
शिवस्य हृदयं विष्णुः विष्णोश्च हृदयग्ं शिवः ॥
First द्विः आचम्य , two kinds of मार्जनम् etc. , अर्घ्यप्रदानम् , उद्यन्तम् ..., गायत्री आवाहनम् (ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ...) , गायत्रीजपः , सूर्योपस्थानम् ( नमः प्राच्यै दिशे .. स्वाध्यायब्राह्मणम् - 20-24)
Earlier , the Purohita used to relate the story - why अर्घ्यप्रदानम् । Nowadays nobody is interested .
Earlier , the Purohita used to relate the story - why अर्घ्यप्रदानम् । Nowadays nobody is interested .
Sandhya is for every ब्रह्मवादिन् - irrespective of caste and gender . Some may offer waters without Mantra .
It is a नित्यकर्म , and without performing सन्ध्यावन्दनम् one is not eligible to perform any कर्म ।
It is recommended that everyone who wants to know about यज्ञोपवीतधारणविधि , ब्रह्मयज्ञ (स्वाध्यायः) , अनध्यायौ etc. should go thru स्वाध्यायब्राह्मणम् ।
जपसंख्या is यथाशक्ति - 10 / 48 / 108 / 1008 ...
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Chandra Prakash Trivedi
Nov 11, 2012, 10:11:27 AM11/11/12
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Dear Shrikantji,
The query about 'Sandhyopasna' is important, If you can give some information that how the Sandhyopasna restricted to Brahamins only?
As per my knowledge the Daily Trikal Sandhya and Gayatri Mantra Japa is identity of a Brahamin, now very few are following the Trikal Sandhya.
Once every Indian whether Brahamin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya were entitled for Yajnopavit and Sandhya, it was restricted to Brahamins afterwards.
Dr. C.P.Trivedi
The query about 'Sandhyopasna' is important, If you can give some information that how the Sandhyopasna restricted to Brahamins only?
As per my knowledge the Daily Trikal Sandhya and Gayatri Mantra Japa is identity of a Brahamin, now very few are following the Trikal Sandhya.
Once every Indian whether Brahamin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya were entitled for Yajnopavit and Sandhya, it was restricted to Brahamins afterwards.
Dr. C.P.Trivedi
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On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Chandra Prakash Trivedi <atcpt...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Shrikantji,
The query about 'Sandhyopasna' is important, If you can give some information that how the Sandhyopasna restricted to Brahamins only?
As per my knowledge the Daily Trikal Sandhya and Gayatri Mantra Japa is identity of a Brahamin, now very few are following the Trikal Sandhya.
Once every Indian whether Brahamin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya were entitled for Yajnopavit and Sandhya, it was restricted to Brahamins afterwards.
Dr. C.P.Trivedi
Sir,
I have seen a vaishya coffee planter from Chickmagalur (Karnataka) performing sandhyavandanam while on his visit to Sringeri some fifteen years ago. Till some fifty years ago there were even VedapAThashalas for vaishyas in Tamil nadu. These days most vaishyas perform the upanayanam for the boy during his marriage ceremony itself.
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subrahmanian.v
Chandra Prakash Trivedi
Nov 11, 2012, 4:00:23 PM11/11/12
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Dear Subramanium,
Yes it shows that It was common for all, but due to invaders attack the system and knowledge restricted to Brahamins. Yajnopavit is to start learning in Gurukul or School, and Sandhyopasna means to develop self confidence with pranayam and Mantra recitation.
Now even the Brahamins are unaware about the importance of Yajnopavit and Pranayam. and Tricall Sandhya, they are confined to idol worship and Sandhya is ritual.
With regards
Dr.C.P.Trivedi
Yes it shows that It was common for all, but due to invaders attack the system and knowledge restricted to Brahamins. Yajnopavit is to start learning in Gurukul or School, and Sandhyopasna means to develop self confidence with pranayam and Mantra recitation.
Now even the Brahamins are unaware about the importance of Yajnopavit and Pranayam. and Tricall Sandhya, they are confined to idol worship and Sandhya is ritual.
With regards
Dr.C.P.Trivedi
Vijnasu
Nov 11, 2012, 8:58:07 PM11/11/12
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Namaste,
Chaaturvarnaas have their Sandhyavandana Vidhis. Now also many people follow them. Each varna has their own Gaayatri also.
Chaaturvarnaas have their Sandhyavandana Vidhis. Now also many people follow them. Each varna has their own Gaayatri also.
subrahmanyam korada
Nov 19, 2012, 10:45:27 AM11/19/12
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नमो विद्वद्भ्यः
Dr Yadu
I did not translate the Vedic text quoted as , I thought it is in easy
Sanskrit --
the demons performed तपस् and Prajapati offered a boon - we shall
fight with आदित्य - granted - as a result the demons do fight with
आदित्य during सन्ध्यासमय ।
And the waters thrown , reciting गायत्रीमन्त्र , by ब्रह्मवादिन् s ,
would throw the demons in an island called मन्देहारुण ( they return) -
and in order to get rid of the sin ब्रह्मवादिन् s perform प्रदक्षिणम् ।
Thus , the day starts for ब्रह्मवादिन् s with परोपकार and the rest of
सन्ध्यावन्दनम् also part of ब्रह्मकर्म ।
प्राणायाम etc.(योगः) are useful in achieving control upon sense
organs and ultimately attaining मोक्ष ।
धन्यो’स्मि
2012/11/11 Dr. Yadu Moharir <ymoh...@yahoo.com>:
> Namaskar Prof Korada.
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> Can you please elaborate on अर्घ्यप्रदानम् । ?
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> and the associated significance
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> Best Rgds
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> Dr Yadu
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> First द्विः आचम्य , two kinds of मार्जनम् etc. , अर्घ्यप्रदानम् , उद्यन्तम्
> ..., गायत्री आवाहनम् (ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म ...) , गायत्रीजपः ,
> सूर्योपस्थानम् ( नमः प्राच्यै दिशे .. स्वाध्यायब्राह्मणम् - 20-24)
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> Earlier , the Purohita used to relate the story - why अर्घ्यप्रदानम् ।
> Nowadays nobody is interested .
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V Subrahmanian
Nov 19, 2012, 12:20:45 PM11/19/12
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Namaste
Since we are on the 'sandhyopasana' thread, I seek a clarification for a question raised by someone:
It seems the 'gAyathri mantra' has a curse from Durvaasa and another muni. As a result, just before we start chanting the gAyathri mantra we have to utter some mantra that wards off the effect of the curse. It is only then the gayathri mantra becomes effective. What is that mantra?
I have not heard of such a thing before nor is any such mantra mentioned in the sandhyavandanam books/sampradaya that I am familiar with.
I request scholars here to please give their opinion / clarification if any on the above.
warm regards
subrahmanian.v
Since we are on the 'sandhyopasana' thread, I seek a clarification for a question raised by someone:
It seems the 'gAyathri mantra' has a curse from Durvaasa and another muni. As a result, just before we start chanting the gAyathri mantra we have to utter some mantra that wards off the effect of the curse. It is only then the gayathri mantra becomes effective. What is that mantra?
I have not heard of such a thing before nor is any such mantra mentioned in the sandhyavandanam books/sampradaya that I am familiar with.
I request scholars here to please give their opinion / clarification if any on the above.
warm regards
subrahmanian.v
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