Tag: Brahmin
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Brahmins’Eat From Produce from Unowned Property’ Brahmin Lifestyle Mahabharata
A Brahmin should eat on the fifth quarter of the day, Never rich food, Live near the banks of Rivers, Eat vegetables,fruits and Roots grown in a property which is not owned by anyone. He should know all subjects but practice only spirituality.
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Six South Brahmin Groups Settled by Parashurama From Narmada
Latest Tsunami after Mahabharata War resulted in Sage Agastya bringing 71 Families from there and settling them in the present Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. These settlers in Tamil Nadu ruled the border areas of Karnataka, Coimbatore, Dharma puri, Salem and Erode areas as Velirs, small kingdoms under the three great kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandya.I have written on this. Another migration seems to have been there before Ramayana period and this seems to have been led by Bhargava Rama, popularly known as Parashurama.
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Vedic Knowledge To Be Shared With Everyone AffirmVedas
And Brahmins created(?) the Vedas to control the social groups. Even among Brahmins there are many who think that the Vedas are not to be shared with the other communities. Wrong. Veda comes from the word ‘Vid’ meaning to Know or Knowledge.. It is not the preserve of one community. That the Vedas were made by Brahmins is equally wrong.. Many of the great Rishis and those who contributed Veda Sukthas were not Brahmins. Some of them are.
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Eka Rishi And Rare Gotras Pravara List
And over a period of years Brahmins have started using their professions as their surnames ,as against the Hindu practice of using Sharma as their surname and for indentification their Pravara/Abhivadan Mantra. So when one has a surname like Upadhyaya it merely denotes the profession and not a caste. To find it one has to check the Pravara.
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Brahmin Bashing Justified?
Yet people vilify Brahmins of practicing Untouchability. Despite my vigorous checking, I am yet to find a Brahmin being accused of practicing Untouchability and charged under the Law! Other Communities have been named. Then the stock answer, is that Brahmins consider as Theettu, and wash themselves or the place where they( SC /ST) sat. This is a matter of.personal habit, though some smritis suggest this and they are not being followed by every one,
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Morality For the Society First By Sanatana Dharma To World
‘Even though I am Hindu and yeah I don’t believe in idol worshipping but sometimes I doubt what was the first society or first rules made on earth whether it’s Hinduism or other Relevant religion.. Please can u light on some confusion’ It requires a Hinduism to allow you to say that you do not follow some of its tenets and yet say I am a Hindu! Sanatana dharma does not call it as heresy. It calls it as enquiry which it feels it ought to clarify and clear.
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Rig Veda Sandhya Vandhana Mantras English
I am providing Sandhya vandana Mantra for Rif Vedins below. 1. aachamanam – sit in a squatting position, facing east or north. The hands should be between the knees. Bend all the fingers other than the thumb and the small finger slightly so that the palm makes a hollow. Take a very small quantity of […]
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Sama Veda Sandhyavandana Text English
I have posted Sandhyavadanam for Krishna Yajur Vedins. I have posted up to Deva Tharpanam. I shall post the remaining part shortly. Sukla Yajur and Sama Veda Mantras are hard to come by. I have collected the Sama Veda Sandhyavandana texts from Sri.P..Ramchander(almost in full) Text for Sandhyvandana fo Sama Vedins. Part-I – Argya Pradhanam […]
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Which Gotra Is Superior?
There seems to be some apprehension in some quarters that the origin of the rishis might reflect on the descendants present social standing. This is not warranted if one understands that lineage is determined by disposition and Character and not birth as a matter of right. This is probably the reason for the proverb in Tamil that states that one should not look deeply into the origin of Rishis and rivers for in both the cases the origins may not be worth to begin with.
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What Is Agrahara, List Of Agraharams
This comes after the Sannidhi Street,which contains more Small temples, other than the primary one,. Then the Mada Veedhis. This ,again is peculiar to South India. Madam in Tamil means Balcony. In ancient days the Mada Veedihs were the prerogative of the Kings. Exception was Brahmins’ Dwelling Area.
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