Pancha Patram

[psnarasimhan]

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For the last 3000 years,Panchaloha(literally meaning an alloy of five metls) has been most widely used for making idols and pooja vessals..This five-metal combination of Cu,Au,Ag,Pb and Zn (aluminium,bronze,Copper,Silver,Zinc) was considered to be highly auspicious combination. Pancha Patra is also to be made only this way. But due to high cost of these metals,copper,Brass,and silver pancha patra have come into vouge. They are only single metal patras,and they should not or cannot be called a Panchapatra.
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[sangom]

Pancha Patram

For the last 3000 years,Panchaloha(literally meaning an alloy of five metls) has been most widely used for making idols and pooja vessals..This five-metal combination of Cu,Au,Ag,Pb and Zn (aluminium,bronze,Copper,Silver,Zinc) was considered to be highly auspicious combination. Pancha Patra is also to be made only this way. But due to high cost of these metals,copper,Brass,and silver pancha patra have come into vouge. They are only single metal patras,and they should not or cannot be called a Panchapatra.
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Shri Narasimhan Sir,

pañcapātra which literally means 'five vessels' has nothing to do with pañcaloha. Also the symbols Cu,Au,Ag,Pb and Zn denote, AFAIK, copper, gold, silver, lead and zinc respectively and not aluminium,bronze,Copper,Silver,Zinc as assumed by you. Aluminium was discovered and isolated only in the year 1825 or 1827! and so people could not have used aluminium 3000 years ago

There was one kind of Shraaddha ritual in which five vessels were used for the offerings and this Shraaddha was also known - at one time - as pañcapātra.

Hence pañcapātra is only a vessel made of one metal; even bronze pañcapātra I have not seen or heard of. Copper, silver and brass pañcapātras are the popular ones. Silver pañcapātra is supposed to be the best.

pañcapātra should have a proper "uddharaNi" or spoon also.

 

[kgopalan]

துளசி, அருகம் புல், வில்வம், வன்னி, மாவிலை இந்த இலைகள் நித்யப்படி பூஜை க்கு தினமும் தேவைப்படும். இவைகளை வைக்கும் பாத்திரமே பஞ்ச இலைகள் வைக்கும் பாத்திரம் பஞ்ச பாத்திரம் என்று ஆகி வீட்டது.

 

[psnarasimhan]

Thank you Mr. Sangom for the valuable information you have furnished regarding Panchapatram. I am sure you will have no objection if I forward your reply to the magazine in which the article had appeared. Narasimhan

 

[psnarasimhan]

திரு கோபாலன் அவர்களுக்கு ,பஞ்சபாத்திரத்தை பற்றி விவரம் கூறியதர்க்கு மிக்க நன்றி.இதைப்பற்றி வியாசம் வந்த பத்திரிகைக்கு தெரிவிக்கின்றேன்... நரசிம்ஹன்.