Dear Sriman Kasturi Rangan, I need a small clarification in this regard. I am a Rigvedi and I happen to belong to "Ashvalayana Sutram". Now, you know, I am a SriVaishnava. You had mentioned that according to Ashwalayana grhya sutram, I have to worship Ganesha, Siva & Uma. Where as being a SriVaishnava, I have to worship Sriman Narayana. I am little confused with this. Could you or any body in the group kindly educate me on this and clarify my doubts. Regards Mohan Ramanujan On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 amshuman_k wrote : >Dear Badri, > Let me try to answer with my limited knowledge. I think similar >topic was discussed sometimes back. > >Vaishnava Agamas: I've heard about 4 of them -- pAncharAtram, >vaikhAnasam, pratishThasAram and vignyAnalalitA. > >Though vaikhAnasam is termed as a vaishNava Agama, I haven't come >across a text called vaikhAnasam that is strictly Agamam. What exist >are these - vaikhAnasa srauta sUtra, grihya sUtra and dharma sUtra. >vaikhAnasa sUtra belongs to taittriya shAkhA of krishNa yajur-veda >(the most 'popular' sutras are Apastambha & BaudhAyana for this >shAkha). This should answer your last question - you cannot become a >vaikhAnasa just by getting trained in it. You have to born in a >vaikhAnasa family (just like you cannot arbitrarily jump from >following say Apastambha sUtra to BaudhAyana). > >The fact that vaikhAnasa sUtra deals with VishNu worship with all the >associated sectarian rites, it may be (rightly or wrongly) classified >as an Agama, though strictly, it is a kalpa sUtra. > >(This shouldn't be surprising - Kalpa sUtras and parishishThas >mention worship of sectarian deities. If I remember correctly, >Ashvalayana grihya sutra mentions worship of ganesha, shiva, umA. >Atharva veda parishishTha talks about skanda yaga that involves >images of skanda & pAshupata vrata.) > >Relation between Agamas & Sri VaishNavAs: >If you mean the followers of Shri RamanujachArya as 'Sri VaishNavAs', >most probably they would be pAncharAtrins. vaikhAnaAs, despite being >vaishNavAs, need not belong to our guru parampara. > >Why some temples follow one as opposed to other: >I don't have concrete answers for this. Probably, the king or >chieftain who built it decided this ( the availability of local >brahmins to function in temples might have dictated which Agama was >favored). We have examples in history on temples that switched from >vaikhAnasa to pAncharAtra. > >Two different procedures or separate sects? >vaikhAnasa & pAncharAtra are quite distinct. > >Regards, >Kasturi Rangan .K > >--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, badri narayanan <b11_narayanan@xxxx> >wrote: > > Do all vaishnava temples in North India also fall under Vaikhanasa >or Pancaratra Agamas?. > > > > What is the basis for following any one partcular agama.Why do some >temples follow Vaikhanasa and others Pancaratra. > > > > Do vaikhanasa and Pancratra simply denote two different procedures >or are they a separate sects? > > > > What is their relation with SriVaishnavas?. > > > > Can anyone who is learned in these agama sastras can become temple >priest?, or is there any restriction? > > > > regds > > Badri > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > >To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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