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 SrI:
 
 Dear AasthikAs :
 
 Some 200 years ago , there was a scholar by
 name Brahma SrI VaidhyanAtha Dheekshithar .
 He was a Saastra sampanna . He blessed 
 the community of AasthikAs with a six part 
 book on Dharma Saasthrams entitled 
 Sri Smruthimukthaa Phalam.  It is also
 known as VaidhyanAtha dheekshitheeyam .
 The six chapters of this book are:
 
 1) VarNAsrama dharma KaaNDam dealing with 
 the dharmams prescribed by the 4 VarNams
 2) Ahneeka KaaNDam : Daily Dharmams
 3) AaSoucha KaaNDam : Theettu and its limits
 4) SrArddha KaaNDam : Pithru Kaaryams 
 5) Tithi NirNaya KaaNDam : determination of 
     Tithis , the topic of importance to PanchAngam
      constructors . 
 6) PrAyaschittha KaaNDam : Big Chapter dealing with
     various atonements for dhOsha ParihArams .
 
 Somewhere around 1917 , Brahma SrI Keezhavedayal 
 R. Mutthuswamy Iyer published  a clearly written and 
 valuable summary of  Smruthi Muktha Phalam to help 
 even layman understand the significance of various 
 Hundu Dharmams and SamskArams from conception to 
 anthima prayANam . It is known as Dharma Saastra
 Sangraham . 
 
 These Hindu SamskArAs are fourty in Number . 
 These are different for different AasramAs and 
 VarNAs . They also vary from Yugam to Yugam . In Kali
 Yugam , there are dharmams that are nishiddham ( not
 recommended/forbidden )  . 
 
 adiyEn has written a brief summary of these SamskArams 
 in 1997 that you can browse at Bhakthi archives:
 
 http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/sep97/0035.html
 http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/sep97/0036.html
 
 Hindu SamskAras are for the purification of one's body
 and mind in seen and unseen ways . The cleansing process 
 set in motion by the observance of the SamskArAs leads to
 the betterment of one's life and qualities of a person for 
 spiritual upliftment . It develops the 8 auspicious guNAs
 -- Dayaa , KshAnthi , anasooyA , Soucham , anAyAsam ,
 MangaLam , KaarpaNyam and aspruham --that chase away 
 the ills of SamsAram . Thus the performance of the smruthi
 sanctioned samskAraas with the utternace of appropriate
 Veda MantrAs results in the full blossoming of one's
 full spitirtual potential and helps attain Veda PrAyam to 
 observe various prescribed dharmams .
 
 Sri Vaishnava Kendram DeevaLur Sri NVS Swamy 
 is a practising Bruhaspathy of  the highest order 
 wished to share the wealth of information assembled
 in Brahma SrI Mutthuswamy Iyer with all of us .
 Towards that extent , SrI NVS Swamy is releasing 
 one page each day excerpts from Sri Iyer's book 
 without commentary or annotation . Sri NVS
 Swamy has introduced a numberign scheme to
 navigate easily thru this vast array of subjects 
 covered . It is a great kaimkaryam . adiyEn
 offered to translate these Tamil pages into
 English to have a wider reach by AasthikAs
 spread all over the globe . 
 
 The individual chapters of Dharma Saastra 
 Sangraham of Sri MutthusAmi Iyer have condensed 
 information from Dheekshitheeyam . There are  still
 a lot of areas to cover under each of the Six chapters .
 Her is a table of content of the First Chapter ( VarNAsrama
 Dharma KaanDam) to give us an idea of the range even
 under one chapter :
 
 1. The Divisions of the VedAs & the Soothrams 
 2. VarNam
 3. YugAs
 4. Kali Yuga Nishiddha Dharmams 
 5. Dhig Niyamam ( About the Directions)
 6. BhrAmaNa Dharmam
 7. AgnihOthram
 8. Anya VedAdhyayanam
 9. UpAkarmaa
 10. Adhyayanam
 11. BhrAhmaNa Vrutthi 
 12. BhrAhmaNa SamskArams
 13. Ruthu times
 14. Pumsavanam
 15. Seemantham & other samskArams 
 16. SamskArams upto Upanayanam
 17. When Pathni is a rajasvalai 
 18. Times not to perform SouLAdhi KarmAs
 19. Those who are fit for Upanayanam
 20. Jaathakarma Vidhi for YamaLOthbhavar
 21.Those who are not fit for NamaskArams
 22 KanyA LakshaNam for VivAham
 23. KanyakAdhAna KarthA
 24. Things to be done during auspicious occasions 
 
 As you can see , there are some very important 
 dos and don'ts prescribed by Dharma Saasthrams .
 
 May we all beneficiaries of these rules intended 
 to guide us along the right path to get rid of our
 Karmic load !
 
 NamO Veda PurushAya ,
 Daasan , V.Sadagopan  
 
 
 
        
 
 
 
 
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