Post by radha on May 13, 2012 9:42:29 GMT 5.5
OM SRI GURUPYO NAMAHA;RESPECTFUL NAMASKARAMS TO SRI MAHA PERIVA.
"Are there holidays for learning of Veda-s? Yes, there are. Our forefathers were not lacking in loving tenderness for children. They gave them days of rest and did not tie them down to studies all through the year. The days when there is no learning or adhyayana are called anadhyayana days. There are six such days every moth- the full moon day, the new moon day, shuklapaksha and krsnapaksha Ashtami, krsnapaksha and shuklapaksha Chathurdasi. In addition, every year, after the upAkarma and utsarjana terms there are three days of anadhyayana. Also, there are four other holidays in a year called cAturmAsi.
All the above are regular holidays occurr ing every year according to the panchAngam. They are called nitya anadhyayana days. Apart from this, there are holidays that can not be fixed according to the almanac but are declared for some special reason(naimittika). For instance, when it rains heavily, when there is a storm, when gurukula is attacked by dacoits, on such days, there are no lessons, so says the Manu DharmasAstra, which amply demonstrates human sympathy and understanding.
Eclipses do not occur on fixed days of the year. So the days they fall are naimittika holidays. During eclipses there should be no teaching but the mantras learned should be muttered. Japa done during eclipses is more efficacious than at other times."
Pujyasri Chandrasekhara Saraswati, Kanchi Mahaswamigal
In the light of the above, the practice of teaching Veda-s on fixed days of the week or at week-end without regard to anadhyayana days would appear to be SAstraviruddham--violation of SAstra injunctions.
G.Balasubramanian
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"Are there holidays for learning of Veda-s? Yes, there are. Our forefathers were not lacking in loving tenderness for children. They gave them days of rest and did not tie them down to studies all through the year. The days when there is no learning or adhyayana are called anadhyayana days. There are six such days every moth- the full moon day, the new moon day, shuklapaksha and krsnapaksha Ashtami, krsnapaksha and shuklapaksha Chathurdasi. In addition, every year, after the upAkarma and utsarjana terms there are three days of anadhyayana. Also, there are four other holidays in a year called cAturmAsi.
All the above are regular holidays occurr ing every year according to the panchAngam. They are called nitya anadhyayana days. Apart from this, there are holidays that can not be fixed according to the almanac but are declared for some special reason(naimittika). For instance, when it rains heavily, when there is a storm, when gurukula is attacked by dacoits, on such days, there are no lessons, so says the Manu DharmasAstra, which amply demonstrates human sympathy and understanding.
Eclipses do not occur on fixed days of the year. So the days they fall are naimittika holidays. During eclipses there should be no teaching but the mantras learned should be muttered. Japa done during eclipses is more efficacious than at other times."
Pujyasri Chandrasekhara Saraswati, Kanchi Mahaswamigal
In the light of the above, the practice of teaching Veda-s on fixed days of the week or at week-end without regard to anadhyayana days would appear to be SAstraviruddham--violation of SAstra injunctions.
G.Balasubramanian
Email in Kanchi forum
