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SrI:
 
Dear All :
 
A Member asked a question on the significance from
a SamskArA point of view various stages of one's life:
Abdhapoorthy/Aayush Homam , Shasti abdha Poorty ,
SathamAna Uthsavam et al.   
 
Here is an article I wrote on the 80th birth day (SathamAna Uthsavam) .
Please look at the bottom of this mail for the URL in the archives .
 
Aayush homam is a Kaamya Karma and it is not a nithya Karama
like SandhyA vandhanam or one of the 40 Hindu samskArams like
Garbha dhAnam , NaamakaraNam , aana PrAsanam , Chowlam , Upanayanam ,
VivAham etc . Aayush Homam  is a Kaamya karmam , where the parents do
a Homam to pray for the child's long life . It is also a social occasion to mark
an improtant  mile stone in its life .
 
Ditto for 60th , 80th and 100th birthday , these are important stages in one's life .
60th birth day marks the one turn of the 60 year long hindu cycle of years.
AchArya RaamAnuja lived 120 years and saw two turns of the HIndu calendar
of 60 years starting from Prabhava samvathsaram and ending in Akshaya year .
 
8oth birth day is for celebrating the seeing of 1000 Full Moons .
Please see the URL below.
 
100th birth day is to celebrate Veda prAyam of 100 that we pray for
in our midday sandhyA ( MadhyAhnikam) .
 
Again , there is an important social side to celebrate these mile stones
with the Family as a unit and review major accomplishments in conducting
a Dharmic way of life . 
 
On these days , Veda PaarAyaNam , Dhivya prabhandha
PaarAyaNam , Srimath RaamaayaNa PaarayaNam are doen for
4 days , Udhaka Saanthi mantrams are recited by Vedic pundits and 
the consecrated  water is poured on the couple or the celebrant .
New Vasthrams are worn , Visit to AchAryan , Temple andTadhiyArAdhanam for
the ghOshti are the rest of the items for the milestone  day .    
 
Best wishes ,
V.Sadagopan
 
Subject: SathamAna Uthsvam

 
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