Yajurveda (Apastamba) Trikala Sandhyavandanam - Sanskrit - English | by Giri Publications/ Soft Cover

Vedic Karmas are broadly classified into Nitya, Naimithya and Kamya Karmas. Sandhyavandhanam is forming part of the Nitya Karma. Sastras insist that Nitya Karmas are must for those who wish to pursue the path of knowledge for cleansing one's mind and body and orienting oneself on the Supreme, daily, through various methods and mantras prescribed during the three parts of the day - Pratha, Madhyana and Sayam Sandhis.
Benefits & Features:
● his work, a guide brought out by GIRI follows the practice adopted by Smartha class of practioners. For those who got inunciated to the knowledge of the Supreme, this work can be an excellent guide.
● This book comes with illustrations for each step. Made in Devanagari and English script, this book can be gifted to the newly inunciated brahmacharis to the knowledge of Supreme.
● Various related karmas like brahmayagna and samhita dhanam are also given with due importance. A must one book for every student of vedic religion.

SandhyAvandanam” is a “nitya karmA”, a daily obligatory duty of the dwijas. (those who wear the sacred thread)
“sandhyA” means ‘twilight’ and “vandanam” means ‘worship’.
sandhyAvandanam is the worship performed at dawn and dusk to the supreme Lord who is the indweller of the disc of the sun. The meditative repetition of the gAyatri mantrA and the offerings of water called “arghyam” are central to the “sandhyAvandanam” procedure.

sandhyAvandanam or sandhyOpasanA procedures should be learnt from your guru/pandit officially at the time of “upanayanA”, the initiation ceremony of the sacred thread because they contain mantrAs from the VedAs and have swarAs. Thereafter, it can be practised with the help of your elders or through other medias.
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In the morning we do “PrAtah sandhyAvandanam” or “PrAtah sandhyOpAsanA”
In the afternoon we do “MAdhyAhnikam”
In the evening we do “SAyam sandhyAvandanam” or “SAyam sandhyOpAsanA”
The traditional sandhyAvandanam procedure has 2 parts.
1) poorva bhAgam and 2) uttara bhAgam
1) poorva bhAgam has those basic purificatory karmAs like Achamanam, angavandanam, praNAyAmam, sankalpam, prOkshaNam, prAshanam, punar mArjanam, arghya pradhAnam, Atma anusandhAnam, Navagraha/keshavAdi tarpaNam.
2) uttara bhAgam has the main gAyatri japa sankalpa, gAyatri AvAhanam, gAyatri japa nyAsam, gAyatri dhyAnam, gAyatri japa, upasthAnam, digdEvatA vandanam, dig vandanam, soorya nArAyaNa vandanam, kshamA prArthanA and abhivAdanam.
Some sections of the sandhyAvandanam mantrAs differ according to castes and sub-castes.

One need these basic tools to perform thi daily ritual

Panchapatra

Udhrani/Achamani

Plate

Water

Asan to sit and perform.