Sandhyavandanam

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Hindu ritual Vedic ritual daily religious practice

Sandhyavandanam is a traditional Hindu daily ritual of prayers, meditation, and Vedic recitation performed at the junctions of the day, especially by initiated Brahmins.

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Surface form Occurrences
performed after Sandhya Arghya 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu ritual ⓘ
Vedic ritual ⓘ
daily religious practice ⓘ
aimsAt alignment with cosmic order (ṛta) ⓘ
cultivation of devotion ⓘ
removal of sins ⓘ
associatedWith Gayatri mantra NERFINISHED ⓘ
upanayana samskara ⓘ
category Brahmanical ritual ⓘ
Hindu daily observance ⓘ
coreMantra Gayatri mantra NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo Savita (solar deity) NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency daily ⓘ
includes Vedic recitation ⓘ
achamana ⓘ
arghya pradanam ⓘ
japa ⓘ
marjanam ⓘ
meditation ⓘ
pranayama ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
upasthana ⓘ
languageOfRecitation Sanskrit ⓘ
numberOfDailyPerformances three ⓘ
obligationType nitya karma ⓘ
observedIn Hindu diaspora communities ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedAt noon ⓘ
sunrise ⓘ
sunset ⓘ
performedBy Brahmin ⓘ
Kshatriya ⓘ
Vaishya NERFINISHED ⓘ
dvija ⓘ
purpose daily purification ⓘ
mental discipline ⓘ
spiritual upliftment ⓘ
worship of Surya ⓘ
regionalPractice followed in North India ⓘ
followed in South India ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
requires cleanliness of body and mind ⓘ
sacred thread (yajnopavita) ⓘ
upanayana initiation ⓘ
scripturalBasis Smriti texts ⓘ
Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfDay sandhya (junction of day and night) ⓘ
variant Rigvedic Sandhyavandanam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samavedic Sandhyavandanam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yajurvedic Sandhyavandanam ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gayatri Mantra → usage → Sandhyavandanam ⓘ
Surya → associatedRitual → Sandhyavandanam ⓘ
Usha Arghya → sequenceRelation → Sandhyavandanam ⓘ
this entity surface form: performed after Sandhya Arghya