QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-24
Dear friends, These are information compiledas QA by me in 1998’s-2014’s and stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEINGCOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 25-04-2022 Q1 What are the brief details ofAshtapathi? A1 Ashtapadi(Gitagovinda) rhymns are regular compositions of music in India. Each song of Ashtapadi is setin a special raga and tala. It is a rhyme of eternal love and supreme devotion. It is composed in the 12th century byIndian poet Jayadeva in Sanskrit language. Gitagovinda is a lyricalpoetry in twelve chapters, sub-divided into twentyfour divisions calledPrabandha. Thesongs in Gitagovinda symbolize the eternal love of Lord Krishna and his belovedRadha. Q2 What are the details ofparasara smrithi? A2 Paraashara smriti whichis supposed to be more applicable to kaliyuga has 12 chapters and592 verses. Chapter 1 deals with theknowledge of dharma, on the four yugas, six daily duties, proper means oflivelihood FORTHE THREE LOWER VARNAS. Ch.2 deals with the dutiesof a householder. Ch3. ceremonial impuritiesand purification. Ch4. suicide, remarriage of awoman under certain conditions and praising the chaste widow. Ch5.Expiations for minormistakes. Ch6.expiations for majorthings like pranihatya etc. Ch 7. purification of articlesand ABOUTWOMEN IN MENSES. Ch8. constitution ofassembly of brahmins. Ch9. taking care of cows. Ch10. expiations likechandrayana etc., ] Ch11. purification of wellsetc., Ch12. various kinds of bathand treatment for grave sins like brahmahatya etc. Sage Vidyaranya haswritten a commentary on this smriti and it is called PARAASHARA MAADHAVEEYA. There is an enlarged versioncalled bruhat paraashara samhita which has 3000 verses. Q3 When did Brahma conceivedGayathri? A3 Brahma conceived theGayatri mantra consisting of 24 letters before he created the world. Q4 What is uttara ahojanam? A4 Once all have taken themeal, I mean the complete group of people sitting in the panthi, the lady willdrop water in our hands for Uttara abhojanam. Most of the people do not know and follow thedharma shastra of taking Uttara Abhojanam. It is that the lady should drop two times Udrini full of water in thehand of the brahman. He is supposed torecite the specified mantra and swallowhalf of the water; then chant another mantra and drop the water on the right side of thebanana leaf through the thumb finger like doing PITHRU THARPARNAM. Then only he can get up. The meaning of the mantra isthat people (Paapis) who are sufferingsevere punishments in the worst of the hell (Rourava Naragam) are eagerlyawaiting for the second portion of the water from the brahman who had eatenstomach full of meal and got satisfied, because they get relieved from the worsthell and ultimately left free accepting that arghyam. So, through a sincere brahmandaily many papis will be relieved the worst hell. Q5 Do Chevvai is auspicious day in the North? A5 'Chevvai(Tuesday) isalmost immediately rejected among South Indians for any ceremony, while 'Tuesday 'is 'Mangal' (auspicious) in the North. Q6 What is ADBHUTA RAMAYANA andits contents A6 Adbhuta Ramayana is asmaller work withonly 27 chapters. Bharadwaja approachedValmiki to explain the hidden teachings of his Ramayana. Valmiki explains that Ramais Brahman and Seeta, the Prakriti, his power. Rama descended to the earthapparently because of the curse of sage Naarada. The real intention was todestroy the wicked and to save the good people. Seeta was the daughter ofRavana, but abandoned by his wife Mandodari. She was found by Mithila's kingJanaka in his field. Rama's marriage,Parashurama's humiliation, Rama entering the forest with Seeta and Laksmana,Seeta's abduction, Rama striking friendship with Sugreeva and Hanuman etc aredescribed in brief. Hanuman's question to Rama,"who are you" brings Rama's answer thus:- "I am Atman,Parameshwara, Mayaavi and Antaryaamin". Then there is a discourse onBhakti(devotion), and a mixture of philosophical and mythological topics.Hanuman's prayer to Rama is very good hymn here.Yuddhakaanda is very brieflydescribed and at the end Seeta tells Rama that there is a brother of Ravanawith a thousand heads. Rama invades Pushkara dveepawhere this 1000 headed rakshasa lived. In this war, Rama falls unconscious. Seeta then assumes theterrible form of Kaali and destroys him and his followers. On regaining consciousness,Rama was surprised, but praises her with a long hymn of 1008 names. This iscalled the Seethasahasranaama. She now regains her originalform of calmness and returns to Ayodhya with Rama. Rama is crowned then. My note- It is a repeat QA but I think it can be refreshing Q7 Which are all the twelve places we have the jyotirlingas? A7 The twelve jyotirlingasin India are :- 1. Somanataha in Sourashtra,2. Mallikarjuna in Srisailam,3. Mahaakaala in Ujaain,4. AmarEswara in Omkaara,5.Bheemashankara in daakini, 6. ViswEswara in Kaashi,7.Tryambaka on the Banka of Goutami,8. Vaidyanaatha in parali,9. NaagEsha inDaarukaavana,Rameswara in Rameswaram, 11. Ghushmeswara,12.KEdaarEswara in the Himalaya. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1582729398.568946.1650845274597%40mail.yahoo.com.
