Dear Gopalan,
Namaskarams.
As far as I know Upanayanam means Upa - additional Nayanam means eye as it
gives sight to look at the spiritual world it is known as Upanayanam. Please
correct me if I am wrong.
Adiyen
Kannan
"Dr.Gopalan Raghavan" <shriragh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Mr & Mrs. Venbakkam,
I hope this helps -
The word Upanayanam can be split into Upa and Nayanam.
Upa means near and nayanam means going - that is the
act of going to a teacher to learn. Grihyasutras
prescribe the age for Upanayanam as eight years old
at "GarbhaashTamam"(1 + 7 ) - which includes the
period spent in the womb of the mother - that is
Garbha vasam. So it is 7 years.The reason why the
sutras prescribe the age for a Kshatriya at 11 and a
Vaishya as 12 must be because in the ancient times
the father was the guru in Brahmin household whereas
the Kshatriya and Vaishya children had to leave home
for their education , they could leave their house
only when they were capable of taking care of
themselves. I also read that Upanayanam is usually
performed at the age of seven because till that age a
child gets the benefits of the karmas of its parents
and after that age it has to learn and perform karmas
on its own.
Srimathi Venkatachari Raghavan
--- Vijay & Lalitha Venbakkam <vijaylalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Respected Bhagavatas:
>
> I'd. like to find out if there's an appropriate age
> for performing Upanayanam & Brahmopadesam, for
> Srivaishnava brahmachari's. Kindly advise. I have
> heard the term "ottrai padai" (meaning only during
> 'odd' years) mention by some friends and I wanted to
> clarify if that's applicable for Srivaishnavas also.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dasan,
> Vijayaraghavan.
>
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> removed]
>
>
>
>
>
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