Here is a description I found on the net. If I find more info,
I pass it on..
Seemantham is performed during the period between the fifth and the
eighth months of pregnancy. The specific materials used during this
Samskara, that are for the lady only, are, the quill of a porcupine,
an ear of ripe paddy and some Udumbara leaves.
Manthrams are intended to purify the foetus and to request Brahma,
Agni, Raga (Rika), Vishnu, Soman and Ganga to protect it,
to make the delivery smooth and to make the son intelligent.
The main deity invoked is Raga or Rika, the presiding deity of the
full-moon. The implications of the manthrams are: that the pregnancy
should be fruitful; the child should be endowed with sharp and
penetrating intellect (like the sharp quill of the porcupine). The
child should be beautiful like the full-moon. The gist of the main
mantra is: "I beseech the goddess Raga(Rika). May she make this
ceremony blameless. May my son be endowed with sharp intellect."
In some regions music is added. Also sometimes the ladies are asked
to sing: "Be a mother of heroic sons" thus creating a heroic
atmosphere. The mother fasts and keeps silent after the ceremony
till night time when the stars become visible. At the close of the
ceremony she touches a male calf, symbolizing a son. At the time of
pregnancy this is performed for the health and wealth of baby and
also for normal delivery.
The unique aspects are parting of the hair, udagasanti, homam,
valaigappu, and touching a male calf.
The most important part is the udagasAnti. After the sactification
of the jalam, the expectant mother is asked to bath in this
sanctified water to remove doshAs.
Perhaps the details are slightly different in Sri Vaishnava Yajur
veda sampradayam, but the significane is essentially the same.
Adiyen
R.T.V. Varadarajan
--- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Vathsala Srinivasan
<vathsala_srinivasan2002@xxxx> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have rejoined this group after few months of break.
>
> I was going thru the archives and found a question from Smt
Mathangi on significance of Seemantham. But i did not find any reply
for the same. My daughter's seemantham also falls in few months. I
would also like to know the significance of this ritual and explain
her. I request the members to share their knowledge.
>
> With Respects,
> Vathsala
>
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