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from  vedic links  
Introduction
Sandhya Vandanam literally means either "Salutation to the goddess 
of Dawn and dusk or the prayers done during dawn and dusk." Hindus 
considered the period just before dawn and just after dusk as well 
as the exact period of noon , as extremely suitable for meditation. 
All Brahmins after Upanayanam (prescribed to be done at the age of 
seven), were required to do these prayers without fail. Essentially 
these prayers are offering oblations to the devas (arghya pradanam), 
doing breathing exercises (pranayamam) and then meditating on 
Gayathri by chanting the king of all manthras "Gayathri". This 
Manthra is taught to every boy by his own father during the ceremony 
of brahmopadesam. After learning Gayathri every boy is supposed to 
have taken a second birth and is entitled to be called "Dwija".
Our scriptures attach lot of importance to Sandhya vandanam .They 
prescribe that a dwija should do it without fail every day, They 
also say that the knowledgeable Brahmin who salutes the Sun god 
daily thrice would attain whatever he wants. They further say that 
one who does not do sandhyavandanam is a sinner and is not eligible 
for any Vedic duties. 
What is given below is the Sandhya Vandanam procedure prescribed for 
Yajur Vedis. But the manthras to be chanted by followers of the 
other Vedas is also mentioned wherever there is a difference. All 
people are requested to do the Sandhya vandanam initially for a few 
times under the guidance of their "Guru" and use the procedure and 
manthras given below later. This is requested because English being 
not a very phonetic language is inadequate to transliterate Sanskrit 
slokas and that too those written in the Vedic Sanskrit.
A summary meaning of all the manthras chanted is also included.
Sandhya vandhana has two parts, the first one normally to be done 
either standing in a river or sitting with hunched legs on the feet 
outside the house and the second part is done by sitting on firm 
ground using the lotus pose. (Padmasana).









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