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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