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  • Shasti Vrata For Children How To Follow

    I have posted some Mantras on Santhana Gopala Mantras for being Blessed with Children.

     

    I included in the post Mantras to prevent abortion.

     

    A little earlier I posted an article on Karbha Rakshmbigai for easy , natural delivery.

     

    Many readers wanted  to know more on this subject.

     

    Murugan with Valli and Devasena
    Lord Subramanya with Valli and Devasena. image credit.http://temple-of-secrets.blogspot.in/

     

    To begin with I am providing information on how to follow the Shasti Vrata for Lord Subrahmnya for begetting children.

     

    I have observed, personally,that this Vrata has blessed the couple with children, in one case after 12 years and in another after six years.

    As on 25th October, 2017, Seventeen have been blessed with  CHILD after following the procedure. 

    This speaks of their faith and meticulous following of the procedure. 

     

     

    Have a Subrahmanya Idol/Photo at Home.

     

    Choose the sixth day of the Waxing moon, Shukla Shasti.

     

    Take  two one rupee or five rupees coins , have them tied up in a new white cloth tinged with turmeric powder.

     

    Pray your Family Deity for child.

     

    Keep these coins in the pooja room or in front of the Deity at Home.

     

    ( all these are to be performed after taking bath and with out taking food).

     

    Preferable if the husband wears Pancha kachcha and ladies Madisar,

     

    Perform the Astotra of Lord Subramanya.

     

    As Naivedya, offer Milk Payasam ot Sakkarai pongal.

    Or A teaspoon of honey or dry fruits.

     

    On this day the couple are not to eat anything.

     

    They should take fruits in the night.

     

    The couple should be together in the night.

     

    This Vrata has to be performed for 45 days( on every Shasti, both Shukla and Krishna Shasti)

     

    Ensure that you do not disclose to others that you are following this Vrata.

     

    I have noticed that woman conceive after the second observance, that is after the first shukla shasi when they have started the Vrata.

     

    If it possible, one may visit the Family Deity and Lord Subramanya in any of His Arupadai veedu, His Six Abodes , before the starting the Vrata.

     

    Or one may visit after the child is born and offer the Coins they have kept at Home before the Vrata.

     

     

    Sri Subrahmanya Ashtottara Sata Nâmavali:

    The 108 Names of Lord Skanda Kumara

    Nandikeswarar instructed this incantation to Sage Agastya

    Ôm namô Skandâya namaha
    Hail Skanda! Vanquisher of the mighty foes!

    Ôm namô Guhâya namaha
    Praise be to the Invisible Lord – He who abides in the hearts of devotees true!

    Ôm namô Shanmukhâya namaha
    Praise be to the six-faced one!

    Ôm namô Bâlanetrasutâya namaha
    Praise be to the Son of the Three-Eyed Siva!

    Ôm namô Prabhave namaha
    Praise be to the Lord Supreme!
    Ôm namô Pingalâya namaha
    Praise be to the golden-hued one!

    Ôm namô Krittikâsunave namaha
    Hail to the Son of the starry maids!

    Ôm namô Shikhivâhanâya namaha
    Hail to the rider on the peacock!

    Ôm namô Dvinadbhujâya namaha
    Hail to the Lord with the twelve hands!

    Ôm namô Dvinannetrâya namaha
    Hail to the Lord with the twelve eyes!

    Ôm namô Shaktidharâya namaha
    Hail to the wielder of the Lance!

    Ôm namô Pisidâsaprabhajanâya namaha
    Praise be to the destroyer of the Asuras!

    Ôm namô Târakâsurasamhârine namaha
    Praise be to the slâyar of Târakâsuran!

    Ôm namô Raksobalavimardanâya namaha
    Praise be to the Victor of the Asuric forces!

    Ôm namô Mattâya namaha
    Praise be to the Lord of felicity!

    Ôm namô Pramattâya namaha
    Praise be to the Lord of bliss!

    Ôm namô Unmattâya namaha
    Hail Oh passionate One!

    Ôm namô Surasainyasuraksakâya namaha
    (Suralangasya Rakshithre Namaha); Hail Saviour of the Devas!

    Ôm namô Devasenâpataye namaha
    Hail Commander of the Heavenly hosts!

    Ôm namô Pragnya namaha
    Hail, Lord of Wisdom!

    Ôm namô Kripalave namaha
    Hail Compassionate One!

    Ôm namô Bhaktavatsalâya namaha
    Lover of devout ones, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Umâsutâya namaha
    Son of Uma – Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Shaktidharâya namaha
    Mighty Lord-Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Kumârâya namaha
    Eternal youth-Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Krauncadharanâya namaha
    He who reft asunder the Kraunca Mount – Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Senânye namaha
    Praise be to the Army Chief!

    Ôm namô Agnijanmane namaha
    To the effulgence of Fire, all Hail!

    Ôm namô Viskhâya namaha
    To Him who shone on the astral Visakha – All Hail!

    Ôm namô Shankarâtmajâya namaha
    Thou Son of Sankara – All Hail!

    Ôm namô Sivasvâmine namaha
    Thou Preceptor of Siva – All Hail!

    Ôm namô Ganaswâmine namaha
    On Lord of the Ganas – All Hail

    Ôm namô Sarvasvâmine namaha
    On Lord, God Almighty, All Hail!

    Ôm namô Sanâtanâya namaha
    Oh Lord eternal, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Anantasaktaye namaha
    Thou potent Lord, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Aksobhyâya namaha
    Unsullied by arrows art Thou – Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Parvatîpriyanandanâya namaha
    Thou beloved of Parvati, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Gangasutâya namaha
    Oh, son of Goddess Ganga – Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Sarodbhutâya namaha
    Thou who did’st nestle in the Saravana Lake!

    Ôm namô Atmabhuve namaha
    Thou Unborn Lord!

    Ôm namô Pavakatmajâya namaha
    Thou who art born of Fire!

    Ôm namô Mâyâdharâya namaha
    Energy Art Thou-Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Prajrimbhâya namaha
    Praise be to thee Auspicious One! (Blissful)!

    Ôm namô Ujjrimbhâya namaha
    Praise be to the Invincible One!

    Ôm namô Kamalâsanasamstutâya namaha
    Praise be to the Lord extolled by Brahma!

    Ôm namô Ekavarnâya namaha
    The one Word art Thou-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Dvivarnâya namaha
    In Two Art Thou-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Trivarnâya namaha
    Thou Art the Three-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Sumanoharâya namaha
    Thou Stealer of pure hearts-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Caturvarnâya namaha
    In four Art Thou-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Pancavarnâya namaha
    In five letters Art Thou-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Prajapataye namaha
    Father of all Creation-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Trumbâya namaha
    Praise be to Thee, Oh Peerless One!

    Ôm namô Agnigarbhâya namaha
    Thou who dost sustain the fire!

    Ôm namô Samigarbhâya namaha
    Hail Thou who arose out of the Vanni flame! (Fire of the Suma tree)!

    Ôm namô Visvaretase namaha
    Thou glory of the Absolute Paramasivam, All Hail!

    Ôm namô Surarighne namaha
    Oh, Subduer of the foes of the Devas, All Hail!

    Ôm namô Hiranyavarnâya namaha
    Thou resplendent One, All Hail!

    Ôm namô Subhakrite namaha
    Thou Auspicious One-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Vasumate namaha
    Thou Oh Splendour of the Vasus- (a class of Gods) All Hail!

    Ôm namô Vatuvesabhrite namaha
    Praise be to Thee, Oh lover of celibacy!

    Ôm namô Bhûshane namaha
    Thou Luminous Sun-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Kapastaye namaha
    Thou Effulgence divine, All Hail!

    Ôm namô Gahanâya namaha
    Thou Omniscient One-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Chandravarnâya namaha
    Thou Radiance of the Moon – Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Kâladharâya namaha
    Thou who adorns the crescent-Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Mâyâdharâya namaha
    Engergy art Thou-Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Mahâmâyine namaha
    Great Artist of Deception too art Thou, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Kaivalyâya namaha
    Everlasting joy of attainment-Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Sahatatmakâya namaha
    Art all-pervading-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Visvayônaye namaha
    Source of all Existence-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Ameyatmane namaha
    Oh, Supreme Splendour, All Hail!

    Ôm namô Tejonidhaye namaha
    Illumination divine-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Anâmâyaya namaha
    Savior of all ills-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Parameshtine namaha
    Thou art Immaculate Lord, Praise be to Thee

    Ôm namô Parabrahmane namaha
    Thou Transcendant One, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Vedagarbhâya namaha
    The Source of the Vedas art Thou, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Viratsutâya namaha
    Immanent Art Thou in the Universe, Praise be to Thee!

    Ôm namô Pulindakanyâbhartre namaha
    Praise be to the Lord of Valli, the Vedda belle!

    Ôm namô Mahâsarasvatavradâya namaha
    Praise be to the source of Gnosis

    Ôm namô Âsritâ Kiladhâtre namaha
    Praise be to Him who showers grace on those who seek his solace!

    Ôm namô Choraghnâya namaha
    Praise be to Him who annihilates those who steal!

    Ôm namô Roganasanâya namaha
    Praise be to the divine Healer

    Ôm namô Anantamûrtaye namaha
    Praise be Thine whose forms are endless!

    Ôm namô Ânandâya namaha
    Praise be Thine, Oh Thou infinite Bliss!

    Ôm namô Shikhandîkritagedanâya namaha
    Praise be Thine, Thou Lord of peacock banner!

    Ôm namô Dambhâya namaha
    Praise be Thine, Oh lover of gay exuberance!

    Ôm namô Paramadambhâya namaha
    Praise be Thine, Thou lover of supreme exuberance!

    Ôm namô Mahâdambhâya namaha
    Praise be Thine, Oh Lord of lofty magnificence!

    Ôm namô Vrishakâpaye namaha
    Thou who art the culmination of righteousness-All Hail (Dharma)!

    Ôm namô Karanopâtadehâya namaha
    Thou who deigned embodiment for a cause-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Kâranâtita Vigrahâya namaha
    Form transcending causal experience

    Ôm namô Anîshvarâya namaha
    Oh Eternal peerless plentitude, All Hail

    Ôm namô Amritâya namaha
    Thou Ambrosia of Life-All Hail!

    Ôm namô Pranâya namaha
    Thou life of life, Praise unto Thee!

    Ôm namô Pranâyamaparâyanâya namaha
    Thou support of all beings-Praise unto Thee!

    Ôm namô Vritakandare namaha
    Praise unto Thee who subjugates all hostile forces!

    Ôm namô Viraghnâya namaha
    Thou vanquisher of heroic opponents, Praise unto Thee!

    Ôm namô Raktashyamagalâya namaha
    Thou art Love, and of crimson beauty- Praise unto Thee!

    Ôm namô Mahate namaha
    Oh Consummation of glory, All Praise to Thee!

    Ôm namô Subrahmanyâya namaha
    We praise Thee, Oh effulgent Radiance!

    Ôm namô Paravarâya namaha
    Oh Supreme (Sovereign) Goodness, Praise unto Thee!

    Ôm namô Brahmanyâya namaha
    We praise Thee, luminous wisdom serene!

    Ôm namô Brahmanapriyâya namaha
    Thou who art beloved of seers-Praise unto Thee!

    Ôm namô Loka Gurave Namaha
    Oh universal Teacher, All Praise to Thee!

    Ôm namô Guhapriyâya Namaha
    We praise Thee, Indweller in the core of our hearts!

    Ôm namô Aksâyaphalapradâya namaha
    We praise Thee, Oh bestower of indestructible results ineffable!

    Ôm namô Shrî Subrahmanyâya namaha
    We praise Thee, most glorious effulgent Radiance!

    Om Saravanabhava Om!

    Subrahmanya Astotra Download in Sanskrit and other Languages

     

     

     

     

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  • ‘Placenta Eating’ Post Postpartum Depression, Woman Collects

    Some people believe that eating placenta will beat the postpartum Depression.

    This practice has assumed such proportions that woman collects placenta and sells them!

    But Scientific evidence does not seem to support this.

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    Human Placenta.
    Human Placenta.

    Although the placenta is revered in many cultures, there is scarce evidence that any customarily eat the placenta after the newborn’s birth.[4] Despite an urban legend that the Basque people ate placentas, there is no evidence that they ever did,[4] and the Euskara word for placenta, karena, is not etymologically related to their word for cannibalism, gizajana.

    Those who advocate placentophagy in humans believe that eating the placenta prevents postpartum depression and other pregnancy complications.[5] Obstetrician and spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Maggie Blott disputes the post-natal depression theory, stating there is no medical reason to eat the placenta; “Animals eat their placenta to get nutrition – but when people are already well-nourished, there is no benefit, there is no reason to do it.”[6] On the other hand, American Medical anthropologists at the University of South Florida and UNLV, surveyed new mothers, and found that about 3/4 had positive experiences from eating their own placenta, citing “improved mood”, “increased energy”, and “improved lactation”.[7] [8]

    Human placenta has also been an ingredient in some traditional Chinese medicines,[9] including using dried human placenta, known as “Ziheche” (simplified Chinese:紫河车; traditional Chinese: 紫河車; pinyin: Zǐhéchē), to treat wasting diseases, infertility, impotence and other conditions.[10]

    British celebrity chef Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall, known for his series of River Cottage programmes, notoriously cooked and ate a woman’s placenta on one of his programmes.[11]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placentophagy

    Those brave enough to eat a placenta use a variety of methods to consume the organ. But are there any real health benefits to this gustatory practice?

    Warning: An image of a human placenta and an instructional video for preparing a human placenta follows.

    The placenta is a temporary protective organ that serves as a conduit between the mother and her developing young. The child is fed is through the placenta via the mother’s blood supply, as waste from the young exits to the mother for disposal. The placenta follows the newborn as it exits the mother, leaving in the moments after childbirth.

    In the wild, land dwelling mammals often consume the placenta. They also lap up the amniotic fluid as it flows out of the mother. The amniotic fluid consists of proteins, urea, and assorted fats, but we have yet to see a rush of new parents to drink amniotic fluid smoothies.

    Mammalian consumption of the placenta is likely performed as it removes the lingering presence of blood in order to ward off predators, with one study showing placentophagy to provide an increase in natural opioids in rats.

    The precedence of placentophagy in the wild leads some soon-to-be parents to wonder if they should be eating placenta after childbirth. The practice of human placentophagy brings with it claims that the act reduces post-partum depression and imparts a further connection between the mother and child. Both of these benefits could be the psychological result of a placebo effect.

    More concrete benefits have been proposed as well, with placentophagy replenishing iron, aiding in lactation, and giving the mother a rush of stress relieving hormones, likecorticotropin-releasing hormone. The amount of corticotropin-releasing hormone created by the placenta increases dramatically prior to birth, leading proponents to believe the birthed placenta still contains a high concentration of this hormone.

    While the placenta itself may be of nutritional benefit, do these benefits exist in a placenta prepared for human consumption?

    Cooking Up Some Placenta
    A typical placenta, when disconnected from the umbilical cord, is a deep red mass roughly 8 to 10 inches long, an inch or so thick, and weighing about a pound. Imagine a piece of raw flesh about size of a nice piece of prime rib, but filled with fibrous tissue that is rather tough to chew through.

    While see land dwelling mammals consume the placenta raw, humans that partake in the placenta consume it in a variety of forms – prepared as a lasagna, ground up in a smoothie, or in pill form.

    Cooking the placenta in any form could degrade the proteins within, decreasing the nutritive quality of the organ by imparting heat as well combined with a natural degradation of the organ over time as it exists without a nutrient supply. Small molecule hormones are often rather small, however, and difficult to rip apart at temperatures used for food preparation. Grinding the placenta into a powder for use in pills often involves boiling and drying of the flesh as well.

    For optimal benefit, eating the placenta in the hours after it passes through the mother would be necessary. However, obtaining the placenta in a timely fashion is a chore in itself, as hospitals are often reticent to release the placenta and it can be difficult to grab it in the chaos that follows birth.

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    Susan Stewart collects fresh human placentas, takes them home and steams them with lemon, ginger and cayenne pepper. Once cooked, she puts the organs in a dehydrator overnight then grinds them and measures the powder out into gel capsules.

    The service – the Calgary single mother makes a living at this – costs about $200.

    Within a day, she presents new moms with their placentas in pill form – an average human placenta yields about 150 capsules – with promises of renewed energy, better lactation and no post-partum depression. They keep indefinitely.

    Placenta-eating has gained some cachet among the natural-birth set, including Mad Men’s January Jones. Ms. Stewart said she became interested in it in 2009, after she was knocked down by depression following the birth of her first child, and she could see little downside from trying it.

    Resource:

    http://www.reddit.com/tb/1c7rju

    http://io9.com/5960569/the-questionable-nutritional-value-of-eating-a-human-placenta

    http://www.purebirth.ca/

    Related:

    Breastfeeding Protects Babies
    1. Early breast milk is liquid gold.
    Known as liquid gold, colostrum (coh-LOSStrum) is the thick yellow first breast milk that  you make during pregnancy and just after birth.
    This milk is very rich in nutrients and antibodies to protect your baby.

    Although your baby only gets a small amount of colostrum at each feeding, it matches the amount his or her tiny stomach can hold.
    2. Your breast milk changes as your baby grows. Colostrum changes into what is called mature milk.

    By the third to fifth day after birth, this mature breast milk has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, and protein to help your baby continue to grow.

    http://ramanisblog.in/2012/08/02/breast-feeding-details-advantages-mother-child/

  • Why Does a Human Baby Need a Full Year Before Starting to Walk?

    What is self evident has taken years to find out.
    ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2009) — Why does a human baby need a full year before it can start walking, while a newborn foal gets up on its legs almost directly after birth? Scientist have assumed that human motor development is unique because our brain is unusually complex and because it is particularly challenging to walk on two legs. But now a research group at Lund University in Sweden has shown that human babies in fact start walking at the same stage in brain development as most other walking mammals, from small rodents to elephants.

    The findings are published in the journal PNAS.
    The Lund group consists of neurophysiologists Martin Garwicz and Maria Christensson and developmental psychologist Elia Psouni. Contrary to convention, they used conception and not birth as the starting point of motor development in their comparison between different mammals. This revealed astonishing similarities among species that diverged in evolution as much as 100 million years ago. — Humans certainly have more brain cells and bigger brains than most other terrestrial mammalian species, but with respect to walking, brain development appears to be similar for us and other mammals. Our study demonstrates that the difference is quantitative, not qualitative, says Martin Garwicz.
    Based on knowledge about development in other mammals it is therefore possible to actually predict with high precision when human babies will start to walk. This is a very unexpected and provocative finding.
    The notion that humans have a unique position among mammals is not only deeply rooted among lay people, but is also reflected in fundamental assumptions in different research fields related to human development and human brain evolution.
    “Our study strongly contradicts this assumption and thereby sheds new light on theories in, for instance, evolutionary and developmental biology,” says Martin Garwicz. “On the other hand, our findings fit well with the substantial similarities between the genomes of different mammals. Perhaps these similarities are after all not that surprising — although the end products ‘human’ and ‘rat’ may be very different, our study suggests that the building blocks and principles for how these building blocks interact with one another during development could be the same.”
    The study originated in an attempt by the group to translate behavioral milestones of motor development between two distantly related species. The similarities in relative developmental time courses between the two species were so striking that the scientists started to wonder whether the regularity applied to other mammals and ultimately also to humans.
    The Lund group has now compared 24 species, which together represent the majority of existing walking mammals. Some, like the great apes, are closely related to us evolutionarily while others, such as rodents, hoofed animals, and elephants, diverged from our evolutionary path about 90-100 million years ago.
    Despite this, and regardless of differences in various species’ brain and body size, gestation time, and brain maturity at birth, the comparison shows that the young from all species start walking at the same relative time point in brain development. Humans may be unique, but not in this particular way. When the nervous system has reached a given level of maturity, you learn to walk, whether you are a hedgehog, a foal, or a human baby…
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091215160851.htm