Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Sriman Nagaraj, Humble praNAms to you. It's great to hear about your samAShrayaNam. As far as I know(which I cross checked with my Great AcAryA Sri Chinna Jeeyar),it shouldn't be a problem except that women should not get it done during their monthly cycles nor should they perform any thiru ArAdhanam on those days. samAShrayaNam is nothing to do with marriage also nor with husband! This is between the jIvAtmA, AcAryA and the God! I was of this opinion but then couple of devotees raised doubts in me before I had mine, so I specifically asked my AcAryA. My AcAryA told me that the only criterion for a woman is that she should have attained her womanhood before samAShrayaNam is being done. In the olden days, females used to get married even before their cycles started and hence they had their samAShrayaNam after marriage and esp., after they attained the age. If there were conditions for pregnant women, my AcAryA would have told me! To be on the safe isde, I will ask my AcAryA and let you know. Basically samAShrayaNam means sam(through)+ AShrayaNam(refuge/sharaNAgati). We're doing this sharaNAgati through an AcAryA(as AcAryA is the doorstep to the Lord). One can easily get husband,wife etc but one has to be blessed(not by his/her self-efforts but by His grace) to get an AcAryA from Ramanuja Sampradaya. May be you should ask your AcAryA himself before undergoing samAShrayaNam. All true AcAryAs will not mind a person asking any genuine question/ doubt and they will transfer the right knowledge only! Any errors are subject to correction. AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam dAsAnu dAsI NC Nappinnai ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
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