Tag: Śrāddha
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Mantra For Offering Food To Crows.
The offering of food to Crows , is not limited to Sraddha days. Food has to be offered to Crows daily. Food has to be offered to Deities daily. Freshly cooked food is to be offered. There are different views on whether one can offer the food offered to Deities, Naivedya, can be offered to Crows as Crows represent Pitrus
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Sraddha Rules How Face,Sit,Perform Homa,For Whom How Many Apasthamba Sutra
On How To sit, Which direction to face at various point of time during Sraddha, Light fire for homa, How many ahutis, For whom…These are all set out by Sage Apasthamba in Apasthamba Gruhya Sutra.
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Hiranya Sraddha Details Mantras
Hiranya means Gold. IT denotes the Dakshina one offers to the Purohit. Hiranya Sraddha procedure is as follows.
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Ekothistam Othan Eleventh Day Ceremony for The Dead
Mantras are chanted asking the Pretha to descend in the body of the Brahmin. Originally 32 Kavalas (32 palmful),were offered. The Brahmin who took the food died as soon as he finished eating the food.
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Mahalaya Amavasya Amavasya Sankalpam Text With Seasons Thithis
Sankalpa,according to Hinduism,is Right Determination. Any act,auspicious or otherwise is to be preceded by Sankalpa. While Abhivadana Mantra is Geotagging the individual,Sankalpa is Event specific,where the Time of the occasion,location where it is performed is pinpointed. Year,Season,Month,Thithi(phases of the Moon),Nakshatra(Star),Day,the Gotra,the founder of the Family are mentioned. I am providing the Sankalpa for Amavasya . […]
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Hindu Death Ceremonies Day One Two Details Meaning
The Death ceremonies conducted for the first twelve Days in Hinduism, more specifically in the case of Brahmins,relate to these aspects. Once the life leaves the body it becomes Sava,without Auspiciosness,Shiva. The human body has two aspects,Sthula,Gross and Sookshma,Subtle.
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Seven Generations Name Hinduism Genealogy
Ourselves, Pitha, Pithamaha Prapithamaha. Prapitha Maha Pitru, Prapithamaha Pithamaha, Prapithamaha Pithamaha… Ourselves, Father, Grand father, Great Grandfather, Great Grand father’s Father. Great grandfather’s Grand Father, His Father .
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Inauspicious Death Days Tripada Dosha Parihara
What I am certain is that these deaths bring in Pitru Dosha and Pariharas are necessary. The Days inauspicious for Death fall under three categories. Relating to the Nakshatras, Stars. Rohini, Dhanishta, Satabhisham, Purvabhadra, Revathi, Mrugasira, Punarvasu, Uttara, Chitra, Visakha, Uttarashada, and Magha. Thithis, Waxing and Waning of the Moon. Padyami, Vidiya, Shashti, Ashtami, Ekadasi, Dwadasi, Trayodasi, Chaturdasi and Amavasya.
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Soul Immortal Body Dies Why Sraddha Pinda?
Though the body ceases to exist, the remnants of actions performed, Desired do not cease even after death. The thoughts remain as energy once created can not be destroyed and Thoughts and Thought processes are Energy. They have to be expended. Till such time the Subtle body remains. The Subtle Body is called as Sukshma Sareera.
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Sita Performed Sraddha Cursed River
The majority held belief is that women should not perform Sandhyavandana and death Rites. I differ from this view.
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