Vedic Literature > Sandhya Mantrās > Reference

1. ''Om, Gayatri and Sandhya'' by Swami Mukhyananda
Sri R.K. Math, Mylapore, Chennai 600004
[Text in Roman and Devanagari with meanings. It has the ritual details in compact manner]

2. ''Mahanarayana Upanishad” by Swami Vimalananda,
Sri R.K. Math
[Discussion in depth of several of the Sandhya mantras]

3. ''Japa'' ''Dhyana'' by Sri Madhav Pandit
Dipti Trust, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry
[All books also available from VAK Bookshop, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Pondicherry 605002]

4. Sārtha Shodhasha Samskāra Ratnamālaby Sri Vidya bhūşhaņa Bāļashāstri Kşhīrasāgar.
''A handbook of all pūrva samskārās and other vedic rituals based on the Ashvalāyana sutrās of  Rigveda''. original in Maraţi, 1910;

Translation in Kannada 1996 (3rd edition)
Available from the publisher:
Kālikāmba Vināyaka temple,
Rathabidi (car street)
Mangalore 575001, Karnataka.

5. The Daily ritual of the Bhārata Samāja
(compiler) Pandit A. Mahādeva  Shāstri
Pub: Theosophical Society, 1991 (Latest 6th ed)
available from all its branches all over world:
India: Adyar, Chennai 600020, Tamil Nadu
[This is a compilation of the Vedic mantrās built around the Sandhya mantrās with some additions like Purusha sūkta and naarayaNa suukta.
It has both roman transliteration and English translation. Its compiler is a great scholar who was the first person to translate Sri Shankara's Commentaries into English. Highly recommended]

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