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[sv-rituals] Re: performance of Acamanam

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mani2 • September 5, 2002 


In addition to the details Srimaan Sadagopan Iyengar has given,
I wanted to add that there are several varieties of Acamanam.
Many groups of Vaidikas, even within the Sri Vaishnava community,
do not perform Acamanam in the aforementioned way, nor do they recite 
even AcyutAya namaH, anantAya namaH, gOvindAya namaH. I was surprised
when I saw some people begin their Acamanam with keSavAya namaH,
etc., and touch totally different parts of their body to the
utterance of the names.  (This group happened to be from a
set of Sri Vaishnava villages in Karnataka).

All the above are smArta forms of Acamanam in that they
are based on the smritis. The Srauta Acamanam is simpler,
consisting essentially of three sips of water, and continues
to be performed before the daily brahma-yajna. But for all
other purposes, it appears that the smArta Acamana has 
prominence. Those in the know are requested to give more
details and explain why.

regards,
adiyen,
Mani




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