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What is it actually?
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Kal vaitha vaaram exam for vedic pundits - What is it actually?

It is explained by Brahmasri.Sathanur Ganapadigal here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZn5l_joP4

Please hear from 07:50 to 19:00 on the subject.

Some common & strict rules:

1) It would happen for a week ( vaaram) continuously in front of renowned
scholars
2) This exam was prevalent in Kerala & later came to TN
3) This exam is for no. of padams in yajur veda basically - Veda pada paada
pariksha
4) There are 7 kandams & it has 2198 panchasats ( 2198 panchaatis) - Each
panchashat has 50 padams.
5) All the 7 kaandams will be divided into 4. Each part is called a paada(
quarter)
Each part will have 11 adhyayams
6) 4 stones will be kept to represent these 4 paadams ( 4 quarters)
7) The person attending the exam will select a stone, that will be reckoned
as one.
8) Other person will then touch a stone. If he touches the same stone then
it is from 1st paadam, next means 2nd paadam
9) Then 11 stones will be kept . Again the  person attending the exam will
select a stone, that will be reckoned as one.
10)  Other person will then touch a stone. If he touches the same stone
then it is from 1st adhyayam, next means 2nd adhyaayam etc
11) Then according to the adhyaayam stones will be kept depending on the
paras present in that adhyaayam, few adhyaayas will have 28, some will have
8, some will have 11 etc
12) Then a stone will be touched by other person.
13) Exam now starts. It should begin & end with OM
14) Recital has to commence from that particular para by heart. While
reciting following are the rules:
a) Compound word should be told without taking a breath in between eg.,
pasupatih - pasu patiriti pasu - patih ...
b) No breath pause allowed between paras
c) he should stop automatically after telling 250 padams with OM
Not one padam extra or one less
d) He should not repeat again in between
e) He should not stop /pause in between
f) He should not get stuck in between
g) No mistake in svaras, akshara or change of words is allowed.
15) Like this he has to pass the exam continuously for 7 days.

Then he will be declared as passed.

Extremely difficult to pass this exam.

In the video, Brahmasri. Sathanur Ghanapadigal himself explains I exceeded
about 15 padams on one day, which scholars did not accept. Then
Mahaperiyavaa recommended to them quoting in normal maths exam if a pupil
answers 12 questions instead of 10 questions will you not give more marks..
Scholars did not relent and told mahaperiyavaa this is not maths exam. This
is a vedic exam..
Such is the strictness with which veda samrakshanam was done those days.

Then mahaperiyavaa out of his own compassion gave  a gold coin to him
considering the 300 namaskarams done by Sathanur on the previous days
during rudra kramarchanai & he attending the exam with his swollen hands.

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