[Advaita-l] Query regarding the birthplace of Bhaskararaya

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We Also recite protection from snakes, invoking Astika's name, nephew of Takshska, during sandhyAvandana in NE direction.

I have heard of Sourashtran Brahmins of TN. Unlike Gujarati Brahmins, many are non veg and are into silk weaving. Paradoxical ? Perhaps Jaldhar Vyas can comment. They do undergo upanayana and many have taken Iyer surname.

Ravi Chandrasekhara

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On Dec 16, 2011, at 9:17 PM, "sriram" <srirudra at vsnl.com> wrote:

> Pranams
> Addition to Narmadha vandhanam there are two more stanzas praying for protection from snakes remembering the name of Sri Janamejaya son of Pariksheeth.These are uttered facing the western direction.I donot know why it is not part of Sandhya Vandhanam for Southern smarthas.About Sourashtras -the word Sou indicates 100 in Hindhi-Rashtras indicate princely states.These states were integrated into Indian Union by Sri Sir Vallabhai Patel.There were 562 princely states in our country and it is to the credit of Sir Vallabhai Patel that these states joined the Indian Union.The Sourashtrians then migrated to South and are concentrated in Madurai District.They are known as pattu nool-silk thread- dealers.R.Krishnamoorthy.
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> I am a Sankethi Brahmin, Sankethis are descendants of Vadamas from Tirunelveli Dist who settled in Karnataka 500-1000 years ago. Sankethi has no formal lipi (although there are attempts to use Kannada lipi) and is a mixture of Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil, and a few Hindi-Urdu words along with Malayalam. We also do namaskara to Narmada Nadi during sandhyAvandanam.
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> Ravi Chandrasekhara
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> From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
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> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:55 AM, <vadhula at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> FYI,
>> 
>> There are Marathi Deshastha Brahmins, Telugu Smartha Brahmins, and
>> Kashmiri Brahmins that settled in TN in the past and merged with Vadama
>> Iyer Smartha Bramins.
>> 
>> Ravi Chandrasekhara
>> 
> 
> Regarding the word 'vaDama' I agree that they have a 'northern' ('vaDakku'
> in Tamil means 'north') origin. These people, during sandhyAvandanam, do a
> namaskara for the river Narmada which practice is not there in the
> non-vaDama smarta Tamils. In Rameswaram too there are some families who
> migrated from the North especially Gujarat/Maharashtra regions and settled
> doing paurohityam.
> 
> Interestingly, too, there is sect called 'saurAShTra' who came from the
> North and settled in the Madurai surroundings. There are many Brahmins too
> among them. Many are into weaving trade. The famous Tamil singer
> T.M.Soundararajan is from this community. I personally know of some other
> people too of this sect. They speak a kind of Tamil.
> 
> v.subrahmanian.
> 
>> 
>> 
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