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Bodhaayana Amavasya –
Bodhayana Amavasya is the no moon day calculated a day earlier than the normal Amavasa Day. Bodhayana Amavasya is for people who follow Bodhayana Sutras.
Bodhaayana amaavasya (there are certain months when
the Bodhaayana amaavasya comes on the day before the sarva
amaavasya)
There is an interesting reference about Bodhayana amavasya related
to an event in Mahaabharata war. Lord Krishna deliberately did
Amaavasya tarpanam on the day before actual Amaavasya to confuse the
Kauravaas who had planned their Yuddha Bali on Amaavasya for their
success. (If they had done the yuddha bali at the correct amaavasya
period, their chances of success would have been brightened which
evidenly was against Lord Krishnaa's scheme). Amaavaasya was in
Pichcham - means it had started around the afternoon day; but by
usual reckoning, Amaavasya should have been celebrated for pitru
poojas the next day only. Seeing Lord Krishna making arrangements
for tarpanam, lot of vedic Brahmins including the Sapta Rishis
started doing the pitru pooja on the same day (one day before the
actual thithi).
Sun and the Moon Gods got perplexed and being Viswa
Saakshis they got perturbed when something against the Dharma was
being followed by the best of Dharmic minds. So, they manifested
before Lord Krishna and requested an explanation. Lord Krishna
answered back " If Sun and the Moon are conjunct it is Amaavasya; now
you both are here together; is it not amaavasya? " . Though initially
it was not amaavasya, now their conjunction had made it amaavasya in
reality and they had no more queries to ask and returned to their
abodes.
It is to commemorate this event Bodhaayana adhyaayins (those who
follow the doctrines of the great rishi Bodhaayana) follow the
Bodhaayana amavaasya one day prior to the actual amaavasya thithi
when amaavasya is in piccham of the previous day just as it was
during that episode involving Lord Krishna Himself. Bodhaayanaa
soothram for religious activities is known for its exhaustiveness,
and certain practices are unique to this sutra adherents.
Another curiosity associated with Bodhayana Maharishi is that his
sutra contains what is now known as Pythogora's theorem! The sage
has written this long before Pythogoras formed his theorem on the
length of hypotenuse!
https://tvmgita.wordpress.com/ba2015/
Rules and Rituals of Brahmins: Bodhayana Darsa Tharpana mantras
kannaiahgoda: WHAT IS BODHAAYANA AMAAVASYA
Mauni Amavasya (Silence Day), 20th January 2015 | Practices
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Bodhayana Amavasya is the no moon day calculated a day earlier than the normal Amavasa Day. Bodhayana Amavasya is for people who follow Bodhayana Sutras.
Bodhaayana amaavasya (there are certain months when
the Bodhaayana amaavasya comes on the day before the sarva
amaavasya)
There is an interesting reference about Bodhayana amavasya related
to an event in Mahaabharata war. Lord Krishna deliberately did
Amaavasya tarpanam on the day before actual Amaavasya to confuse the
Kauravaas who had planned their Yuddha Bali on Amaavasya for their
success. (If they had done the yuddha bali at the correct amaavasya
period, their chances of success would have been brightened which
evidenly was against Lord Krishnaa's scheme). Amaavaasya was in
Pichcham - means it had started around the afternoon day; but by
usual reckoning, Amaavasya should have been celebrated for pitru
poojas the next day only. Seeing Lord Krishna making arrangements
for tarpanam, lot of vedic Brahmins including the Sapta Rishis
started doing the pitru pooja on the same day (one day before the
actual thithi).
Sun and the Moon Gods got perplexed and being Viswa
Saakshis they got perturbed when something against the Dharma was
being followed by the best of Dharmic minds. So, they manifested
before Lord Krishna and requested an explanation. Lord Krishna
answered back " If Sun and the Moon are conjunct it is Amaavasya; now
you both are here together; is it not amaavasya? " . Though initially
it was not amaavasya, now their conjunction had made it amaavasya in
reality and they had no more queries to ask and returned to their
abodes.
It is to commemorate this event Bodhaayana adhyaayins (those who
follow the doctrines of the great rishi Bodhaayana) follow the
Bodhaayana amavaasya one day prior to the actual amaavasya thithi
when amaavasya is in piccham of the previous day just as it was
during that episode involving Lord Krishna Himself. Bodhaayanaa
soothram for religious activities is known for its exhaustiveness,
and certain practices are unique to this sutra adherents.
Another curiosity associated with Bodhayana Maharishi is that his
sutra contains what is now known as Pythogora's theorem! The sage
has written this long before Pythogoras formed his theorem on the
length of hypotenuse!
https://tvmgita.wordpress.com/ba2015/
Rules and Rituals of Brahmins: Bodhayana Darsa Tharpana mantras
kannaiahgoda: WHAT IS BODHAAYANA AMAAVASYA
Mauni Amavasya (Silence Day), 20th January 2015 | Practices
Sahadeva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
