24 Gayatri Mudras

[Niranjan Ni]

Dear Vidvans,

What is the shastric source for the 24 mudras recommended before Gayatri Japa?

The 24 mudras seem mostly mentioned in certain sandhayvandana books but not in Apastambha/Bodhayana grihyasutras as far as I have checked. Do correct me if I am wrong on this.

Also is there an authentic source on how these mudras are performed? What mantras are chanted while showing the mudras etc?

Thanks,

Niranjan

[Nagaraj Paturi]

This was discussed earlier as part of another thread here :

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvparishat/6YKbmynrr6k/P8FEQ_2QEwAJ

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvparishat/6YKbmynrr6k/pSqujRuWEwAJ

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvparishat/6YKbmynrr6k/ITksR7-sCAAJ

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvparishat/6YKbmynrr6k/h9atkB3HEAAJ

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[Niranjan Ni]

Dear Shri Paturi Garu,

Thanks for the links.

They however do not seem to contain information beyond the names of the mudras and while the video by the gentleman explaining the mudras was nice, I was looking for information from people rooted in tradition.

In both Tantra and Yoga there is a lot of confusion created by new organisations and individuals creating their USP to give them more traction in the spiritual "market". I am hence a bit wary of learning from sources that are not rooted in shastra and tradition.

There is another video here-->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19iGsGXYsOs

Wrt the views of Sriram ji while I do respect the views of the Vedic scholar, it is still one point of view only about a subject matter that is 90% hidden / lost now.

I am really not trying to sound imperious or dismissive here but please listen to an experience of mine-->

Let me clarify this with a story-

For 20 years, I have roamed around looking for authentic Yogis / tantrics/ Vedics and such practitioners. 

One of the genuine people I met was this gentleman  who was able to invoke the agneyastra which happens to be a proper Vedic mantra. This man was of the opinion that adhyayana is totally different from prayoga. 

QUOTE

Nyasas and mudras are very much a part of the prayoga limb of the veda, which has to be learnt from the mouth of the Guru. It is  common nowadays to label any anga that involves nyasa and mudra as tantric in origin, but this is not the case. Many prayogas were exclusively passed on orally and were rarely if ever recorded in order to prevent the very real  possibility of misuse.

UNQUOTE

The man left without a forwarding address after political types started getting interested in him.

Niranjan

[Subrahmanyam Korada]

नमो विद्वद्भ्यः

24 मुद्राः  before गायत्रीजप are prescribed in विश्वामित्रस्मृति - 6 अध्याय । 

A simple नित्यकर्म is made complicated by adding things that are not necessary .

सन्ध्यावन्दनम्  , with its essential parts , is discussed in postings referred to by Vid Nagaraj .

I may suggest - many scholars do not study वेद and शाश्त्रs and offer उपदेश - such people are not to be 

taken seriously .

युक्तियुक्तं वचो ग्राह्यं न ग्राह्यं गुरुगौरवात् ( याज्ञवल्क्यशिक्षा ) ।

धन्यो’स्मि

Dr.Korada Subrahmanyam
Professor of Sanskrit, CALTS,
University of Hyderabad,
Ph:09866110741(M),91-40-23010741(R),040-23133660(O)

Skype Id: Subrahmanyam Korada

Blog: Koradeeyam.blogspot.in 

[Niranjan Ni]

Thank you Shri Korada Garu.

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