[racchabanda] Need help with definitions
T.L.S.Bhaskar
1. A friend from Mauritius wanted definitons to the following words. Kindly help!
panditudu
Aacharyudu
Archakudu
Pujaari
Purohitudu
2. His second question: Why is that a pujari should not perform funeral rites, but a purohitudu can?
Sincerely
Bhaskar
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Ragasudha Vinjamuri
Though I would like to leave the definitions' part to the experts of the group, let me give some explanation from my limited knowledge :-)
An Acharya is a teacher, a guru.
Panditudu is one who has paandityam, a scholar.
Pujari is one who does the ritual of the puja, hence the priest(involves prayers to Gods etc.)
Purohitudu is the one who knows pourohityam, someone who officiates religious ceremonies and rituals.
Best regards
Sudha
Knowledge increases in proportion to its use - that is, the more we teach the more we learn.
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1. A friend from Mauritius wanted definitons to the following words. Kindly help!
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Satyam Mandapati
May be I can explain them. Please see below.
Satyam Mandapati
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> 1. A friend from Mauritius wanted definitons to the following
words. Kindly help!
Aacharyudu: Professor. Teacher. Guru.
> Archakudu: Who does Archana, one of the rituals in Hinduism. This
is mostly in Southern part of India. Often 'archakuDu' is referred
as 'pUjAri' in usage.
Pujaari: Who performs puja on your behalf.
Purohitudu: Who performs Hindu rituals. 'pourulaku hitamaina
kAryakramAlu nirvahiMcEvADu'
> 2. His second question: Why is that a pujari should not perform
funeral rites, but a purohitudu can?
performs all 'hiTamaina kAryAlu', which includes 'SuBamainavi,
aSuBamainavi'
> Sincerely
> Bhaskar
Syed H.A.S Mohammed
Acharya : Is one who imparts Spiritual Knowledge to those who can
assimilate the Teachings of the realized Souls ... in a language they
can understand. (Can say Spiritual teacher).
Pandithudu : A person who has full knowledge in a certain area. Like
Raajaneethilo Pandithudu, Veedaalalo Pandithudu, Puraana Pandithudu
etc etc.
Archakudu : A religious workers A priest or priestess is a person
having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in
particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or
deities. Their office or position is the priesthood, a term which may
also apply to such persons collectively.
Pujari : A general term for Hindu temple priests, as well as anyone
performing puja. Pujari (sometimes pujari) is the Hindi form of the
Sanskrit pujaka; pusari in Tamil. Archaka is another term for the
officiant priest in the southern tradition. Purohita is a Smarta
brahmin priest who specializes in domestic rites.
Purohithudu : para (others) hita (welfare) Paurulaku Hithavu (manchi
chedu) cheppe vaadu basing on their beliefs (generally Hindu puraanas
etc).
I got these answers for the above and hope these will be correct.
Regards,
Syed Hussain.
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Dr Prasad NV Tata
> 1. A friend from Mauritius wanted definitons to the following
have known all these , but I will attempt
>
> panditudu = one who reached pinnacle ina particular area kind of
an thought leader or well known personality in a particular area,
Like Palana and Jampala (opposite is pamarudu eg. myself)
>
> Aacharyudu: Senior teacher one who has many years of teaching,,
wealth of knowledge so that people can look upon them as an opinion
leader.
>
> Archakudu: One who knows different tituals of a particular sect of
religious belief (vaishnavam, saivam, jainism) eg: one who performs
Srinivasa Kalyanam, though you are paying for it, it is a wedding
between the dieties.
>
> Pujaari: one who performs routine religious performs
(bhagavantuniki bhaktuni ki anusandhanam) if you listen carefully he
is acting as a medium between the disciple and god, he performs Puja
on your behalf, but Ghtra Namalu are yours
>
> Purohitudu: Purohitudu, one who can perform the good events in
your home (punya vachanam, wedding, barasala etc. in lighter sense
it is also called Civil practice), for this the purohitudu must be
married and his wife must be alive.
> 2. His second question: Why is that a pujari should not perform
Funeral rites (these are called criminal practice folks) if a
purohitulu wife is not alive (opposite of Vaidhavyam), they will
perform funeral rites such as sraddha karma, most of the times the
donations given during these karma's are considered untouchable and
not many people want to accept these gifts and perform sraddha karma.
Now I have these questions 1) what is the difference between
Vaidikam and Agamam, 2) in what category the pandits who visit your
house during Sravana masam (sravaneekalu) fall under?
Regards,
Prasad Tata
Dr Prasad NV Tata
Those are very appropriate answers, can you please give me answers
for my questions.
Now I have these questions 1) what is the difference between
Vaidikam and Agamam, 2) in what category the pandits who visit your
house during Sravana masam (sravaneekalu) fall under?
Prasad Tata
>
> Regards,
>
> Syed Hussain.
>
>
> --- In racch...@yahoogroups.com, "T.L.S.Bhaskar" <tls.bhaskar@>
Syed H.A.S Mohammed
Please find below about Aagamam and Vaidikam as I found. Regarding
the second question, I dont know exactly the answer 100%. But I
suggest you to visit
http://doctorbalakrishnamurthyramaraju.wordpress.com/. May be this
blog will helpful in getting some answer.
Aagamam
. 'Aagamam' is a Sanskrit word for which the corresponding
meaning: 'was revealed' to the ancient Seers when they were in deep
meditation/communion with God.
The Aagamas prescribe in detail the selection of places and sites for
locating a temple, the measurements such as length, width, height
etc., for the construction of the temple and the kriyas or the
rituals of worship to be performed for each deity.
Generally, Aagamas give instructions mainly on the construction of
temples and the rituals to be followed in the worship of the deity.
The Aagamas stress on the Bhakti-marga - or the love for a personal
God through devotion and total surrender. The Shaivite method of
worship follows the instructions laid down in the Aagamas; the
worshipers commonly known as Hindu follows the instructions of the
Vedas.
Vaidikam is that prescribed by the Vedas and uses vedic mantras. It
is tantric when the mantras and procedures come purely from the
Pancharatra works.
The Pancharatra, that ocean of nectar, says that karmas are of three
kinds - vaidikam, tantrikam and vaidika-tantrikam.
Vaidika karma is for brahmins only Used while devoting lord vishnu,
vaidika-tAntrikam for kshatriyas and tAntrikam for vaishyas and
shudras. Of course, anyone can opt for the tAntrika karmas.
Regards,
Syed Hussain.
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