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Dear Sriman Parasaram :

Many thanks for your mail .

Number of BhakthAs have pointed out the JyOthisham
side of the observation regarding the name for Dhanur
Maasam . It is good to have this interaction in the context of
" Parasparam BhOdhyanthi "  .

Let me comment briefly on the JyOthisham part
connected to Maasa SankramaNams and then go
on to the Rg Vedic connection to the Name "Dhanus"
and move on to the SaraNAgathy tatthvam and the role
played by Dhanus in its observance . Thanks for your
observation below :

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> Bhaagavatajanebhyo namah

> beautiful  explanation.
> to my little knowledge  i think,  it is called
> dhanurmaasa, because sun is in dhanu raasi from dec 15
> to Jan 14. Sun enters in Dhanurasi on Dec 15 ( Dhanu
> sankramanam) and he leaves dhanu and enters in Makara
> on Jan 14 ( Makara Sankramanam)
>
> Saahasaaya kshantavyosmi>
> sri ramachandra parabrahmane namah
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1. JyOthisham & Dhanur Maasam
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We have 27 Nakshathrams .Each have 4 Paadhams .
They remind one ( vaguely or clearly ) of a Ram , Bull,
Couple , Bow , Scorpion etc. They are split among 12 Raasis
into 12 unequal portions . 27 stars are being divided into
2 and 1/4 units .

The RasinAthan's travel and the 27 Nakshathrams
affiliated with the 12  Raasis/Months are :

1.Mesham (Aswini , BharaNi , Krutthikai 1/2)
2.Rishabham(Krutthikai1/2 , RohiNi , Mrugaseersham1/2)
3.MiTunam( Mrugaseersham1/2 , ThiruvAdhirai , Punarvasu 3/4)
4.Katakam(Punarvasu1/4 , Poosam , Aayilyam)
5.Simham( Makam , Pooram , Utthiram1/4)
6.Kanni(Itthiram 3/4 , Hastham , Chitthirai1/2)
7.TulAm( Chitthirai1/2 , SwAthi , VisAkam3/4)
8.Vrucchikam (VisAkam1/4, Anusham , Kettai)
9.Dhanus ( Moolam , PoorADam , UtthirAdam 1/4)
10.Makaram( UtthirAdam3/4 , ThiruvONam , Avittam1/2)
11.Kumbham ( Avittam 1/2 , Sathayam , PoorttAthi 3/4)
12.Meenam ( PoorattAthi1/4, UtthirattAthi, Revathy ).

These 12 Raasis have their English equivalents:
Aries , Taurus , Gemini , Cancer , Leo , Virgo , Libra ,
Scorpio , Capricorn , Aquarius and Pisces .

As the 7 planets , Raahu and Kethu ( not strictly planets)
traverse among these 12 Raasis , they stay for shorter or longer
periods to complete one round of journey . For instance Sooryan
stays one month in one Raasi and completes a round of the 12 Raasis
in One year ( 365 days !). Chandran takes 27 days for such a travel
and Sani stays two and half years in each raasi and therefore needs
30 years for the completion of its journey .

Bruhaspathy( Jupiter) , the Deva Guru stays one year in each Raasi
and is the Lord of Dhanus and Meenam in the Zodiac .

These Nakshathrams have dhOshams and Nakshathra
Ghanam and Nakshathra Saanthi Manthrams are recited
when there is GrahaNam et al .

Besides the 27 Nakshathram , there is a 28th "Nakshathram " ,
a Brahmin , who has properly learnt VedAs in the Guru KUlam
way after Upanayanam and Brahmacharyam . He is considered
free of DhOshams and he is called to sanctify thru his utterance
the Vaidhika KarmAs at their beginning and remove the dhOshams
of Nakshathrams . What they utter through their auspicious
Veda Vaak is " Ithu PUNya dinam , Ithu PuNya dinam , Ithu PuNya
duinam ( Idham dinam puNyam ithi aahu: )" with PuNyAvachana
manthrams and remove the dhOshams of the day . Without these
sacred utterences by Bruhaspathys , who should be VedAdhyAyees ,
the Vaidhika ceremonies should not be started .

This is  the JyOthisham Connection to Dhanur Maasam .

2. SaraNAgathy & Dhanus(Upanishad Vaakyams)
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MuNDaka Upanishad manthram(2.2.4)  is to be invoked here :

PraNavO Dhanu: SarOhyAthmA Braham TallakshyamuchyathE
aprapamatthEna Veddhavyam Saravath tanmayO bhavEth

(Meaning) : The Omkara PraNavam is the Dhanus( Bow). The aathman is
the arrow. The target is Brahman . That target should be hit by a Saadhakan 
,
who is unerring ( apramatteNa) . The Saadhakan should be one with it
like the arrow.

3. Veda Vaakyams
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We will cover this link in the next posting .

NamO Veda PurushAya ,
V.Sadagopan





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