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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
> >
> >
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