Hindu Celebrations - Udaga Santhi - What function or ceremony is this?

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Question in detail:
I am having more Bramin Friends. Usually they will send invitions on their functions. I attended many functions such as Shashtiapthapoorthi, Sadabhishekam, Sacred thread ceremony etc.,Specifically they information that there is a ceremony called ''Udhaga Santhi''. Mostly this is done the day before the functions.

What is called 'Udaga Santhi''?
What is the significance of Udaga Santhi?
Is this Udaga Santhi an important one or just a routine?
Is this Udaga Santhi related to Bramins alone or every hindu castes?

Please enlighten me.

Answer 1

Udaga Santhi is not a routine and has wider perspectives. This is applicable only to the persons who do Vedic Samskaras by following Vedic Suktas like Baudhayana, Apastamba .....



1) Udagasanthi:



Udagasanthi contains a choice selection of the most important mantras of Yajur Veda and includes popular suktams like Pavamana suktam, Nakshatra suktam, Brahma Suktam, Go Suktam, Anna Suktam, Varuna Suktam etc. It is chanted for energising water in the kalasha and is recited during performance of important samskaras like Upanayanam, Seemandam etc. and other religious functions like Sashtiabdhapurthi, Sathabhisekham etc.



ப்ராஹ்மணர்களுக்கு உரியதான ஸம்ஸ்காரங்களிலே சீமந்தம், ஜாதகர்மம், நாமகரணம், அன்னப்ராசனம், சௌளம், உபநயனம் என்கின்றவை மிகவும் முக்யமான ஸம்ஸ்காரம். இந்த ஸம்ஸ்காரங்களுக்கு முன்னாடி உதகசாந்தி பஞ்ச பாலிகை ப்ரதிசர பந்தம் என்கிற ரக்ஷh பந்தனம் நாந்தீ ச்ராத்தம் இவைகளைச் செய்து கொண்டுதான் இந்த ஸத்காரியங்களை நாம் ஆரம்பிக்கவேண்டும்.



சீமந்தம், உபநயனம், ம‌ற்றும் சஷ்டிஅப்த பூர்த்தி, சதாபிஷேகம் போன்ற காம்ய கர்மாக்களிலும்‌ இந்த உதகசாந்தி என்பதை ஏன் செய்யணும் என்று கேட்டால் ‘அபம்ருத்யு பரிஹாரார்தம் ஸர்வாரிஷ்ட சாந்தியர்த்தம் ஸர்வாபீஷ்ட ஸித்யர்த்தம் வேதோக்த ஆயு: அபிவ்ருத்யர்த்தம்“ என்று அதற்கு ஸங்கல்பம். அபம்ருத்யு என்பது அகால மரணம், காலத்தில் ம்ருத்யுவை எல்லோரும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்வோம் எதிர்பார்ப்போம்,



‘சதாயு: புருஷ:” என்று வேதோக்தமான ஆயுசு ஒவ்வொருத்தருக்கும் 100 வயசு வேதத்துல சொல்லியிருக்கு, இருக்கறபடி ஒழுங்கா இருந்தா ஒரு வ்யாதியும் வராது 100 ஆயுசு இருந்துட முடியும். அகால ம்ருத்யுவை நீக்கத்தான் அபம்ருத்யு பரிஹாரார்த்தம் என்று ஸங்கல்பம். வாழ்க்கையில வரக்கூடியதான அவக்ரஹங்கள், ஆபத்துகள், துக்கங்கள், வ்யாதிகள், வ்யாஜங்கள் இவையெல்லாம் நிவ்ருத்தி ஆகணும் (இல்லாமல் ஒழியணும்) என்பதற்காகஸர்வாரிஷ்ட சாந்தியர்த்தம் என்றும், தர்மத்திற்கு விரோதமில்லாத அபீஷ்டங்கள் என்றால் ஆசைகள், எதிர்பார்ப்புகள் நிறைவேறவேண்டும் என்று இந்த ஸங்கல்பங்கள் உதகசாந்தியில் உள்ளன.



அதற்குத் தேவையான மந்த்ரங்கள் இந்த உதகசாந்தி ஜபத்திலே இருக்கிறது. இதைச் சொன்னவர் போதாயன ருஷி. அதனால்தான் யார் பண்ணினாலும் 'போதாயன உக்த ப்ரகாரேண' அப்டீன்னு சொல்லித்தான் பண்ணுவா.

Answer 2

Whenever there is uneasiness in the mind,the chanting of udaga Santhijapa gives intense and immense relief. The water kept within the vessel gets charged with the Vedic Manthras.A portion of this sacred water is taken inside with great sanctity.The rest is pored on the Yajamanas head! The collections of the Manthras are so beautiful.--saipremi

NB we have a special group to chnat on request from anybody.

Answer 3

Udaga shanti (udaga meaning water),Husband and wife participate in this ceremony,they wear the traditional style of dress (dhoti&sari) for the function.the start with the Udaga Santhi a kalash is fillied with water ,mango leaves are tied to the neck,and a coconut is placed on top,the Husband does japa and recites mantras with darba grass in his hand.he touches the kalash and intervals with

the the darba grass.after japa is over the water charged with mantras is poured over the couple,to the chanting of mantras-the husband draws a rekha or line of wife(your head)symbolizing the transfer of gyana or knowledge to unborn



well laxmi or mathangi this is a Udaga shanti.



Udaga shanti means shanti performs through water,Udaga shanti is one of the important karma and has the core essence derived from vedas. The significance of the Udaga shanti is "To live a healthy long life and also achieve fame and wealth, and have good children in the family, one would do wise to listen to, and recite the Udaka Shanthi Mantras. These Mantras, have the power to purify one's mind and the environment he lives in. 'Udaka Shanthi' means 'Shanthi' performed through water. Udaka Shanthi consists fo mantras from the deity Agni to the Supreme Lord Vishnu. More over the deities governing all nakshtras, their individual mantras and the benefits obtain are also mentioned.".. There was a central Kalash (not the usual chotkoo one..but a regular 'Thaneer Kudam" or "pot"). At the end of the chanting, you was made to sit in the balcony and your (hubby) husband poured the sacred water over you..brrr...it was really cold...at one point of time you felt it hard to breathe..but you kept telling yourself..this is for your baby... you got to wear a cotton 9 yards sari (a new one as a gift from your parents) to wear after that. your husband and you were then asked to take the blessings of all elders and proceed to the puja room to take the blessings of the diety resident at your home.

Answer 4

Question 1. What is called 'Udaka Santhi''?

Answer 1. It is quietening (all the doshas including those due to any error in performance of pitr karmas) through water (by pouring it on the head of person inrespect of whom the function is about)



The Sanskrit word 'Udaka' means water; 'Saanthi' means quelling/quietening.



Q2. What is the significance of 'Udaka Saanthi'?

A2. The significance is, water stored in a pot in a particular manner purified with mantras will be poured on the head of person (s) in respect of whom a function like (Srimantham, upanayanam shashtiabdapoorthy etc., are performed)



Q3. Is this 'Udaka Santhi' an important one or just a routine?

A3. It is considered as an important preliminary to any main function stated as above.



Q4. Is this Udaka Santhi related to Bramins alone or every hindu castes?

A4. In my opinion, caste does not come into picture here.

Answer 5

The Udaka Shanti Pooja is the ideal one to seek any auspicious results – whether it is the well being of a child in the womb or better relations and shanti at home, or mother-in-law problem, or success in an interview or boss trouble at the office or mental tension etc etc.



After performing Ganesha Pooja, a Kalasha filled with Ganges water is kept and Varuna and other Devatas are invited in to the kalasha. After that all the auspicious Mantras from the Yajurveda are recited in this Pooja. This will involve the recital of total 131 Panjadi (1 Panjadi = 11Vakya) i.e. total 1441 lines and will take more than 3 hours.



It will be performed in your name with your specific sankalpa (wish).

Answer 6

It is a japa performed by 9 priests just before the main functions in the family. It is believed that if there any unsatisfied souls prevailed in the family, those will get liberated when performing this japa.