Dear Swamini: The debate about considering the first ceremony as Ksetra purification or not should have been the root of this discrimination. >From the article posted in the Files section, we see In the Mitaksrara on the Yajnavalkya, we find an eliminating tendency where Vijnanesvara says, "These Pumsavana and Simanta being Ksetra Samskara should be performed only once." The Ksetra concept won over the Garbha and sishu concepts, I presume. Interestingly, the concepts were debated and written as gruhya sutras or rule books that we still follow in our religious ceremonies. Thank you. Dasan R.T.V. Varadarajan --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, radha rajagopalan <radha_rajagopalan@xxxx> wrote: > Dear All > > My seemantham is also nearing and me too had the same > question. why do they have this custom only for the > first child? Someone please throw some light in this > regard. > > Thanks > > Radha Rajagopalan > > --- "Sudarsan Parthasarathy.S." <sudarsanp@xxxx> > wrote: > > > Sri RAmajayam > > SrimathE GopAla DEsikAya Namaha > > > > Swamin, > > Delightful write-up on the three prenatal > > Samskara's. AdiyEn have a Samsayam, > > 1. Why is the male inheritance glorified in these > > SamskAras. AdiyEn can see a partial reason that a > > male progeny pursuing Vaidhika Dharma can liberate > > several generations before and after.... > > 2. Why are these samskaaras restricted to the first > > child alone. AdiyEn can once again see a partial > > reason in the fact first delivery is complicated. > > But > > the mantras that benefit the child are still > > invaluable, isn't it. > > > > Would appreciate responses only from Vaidhikas (ie. > > no > > speculative threads please). > > > > AdiyEn Sri RAmAnuja DAsan, > > > > Sudarsana DAsOsmi > > --- Narasimhan <snarsi@xxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Pranams to one and all. Adiyen Srivaishnava dasan. > > > > > > Our vedic / smritis prescribe various samskaras > > for > > > grihasta's. > > > There are three prenatal samskara's namely, > > > garbhadhana, pumsavana > > > and simantonnayana (seemantham). > > > > > > Encl write up explains all the three. I am sending > > > you all three as > > > mostly in present day context, pumsavana and > > > seemantha are done > > > together. I am very happy that someone wants to > > know > > > the relevance > > > of our practices and understand. > > > > > > Not a single word in this is written by me but > > taken > > > from different > > > sources. > > > > > > Hope Sri. Sadagopan swamin's efforts will also > > help > > > us in > > > understanding it better. What I am encl is only an > > > introduction and > > > Elder's pls. pardon me for any Errors and > > omissions. > > > > > > I have posted the file in our group site. > > > > > > Azhwar, Emberumannar and Acharyan thiruvadigale > > > charnam > > > > > > Narasimhan.S > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > --------------------~--> > > > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion > > > Toolbar. > > > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > > > > > > http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- -~-> > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter > > now. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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