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sampradAyesvari : Fount of traditional [wisdom]

 

[Objection] How, in the absence of special authority, can all

qualities except the parAhamtA, be said to be imaginary? Rahter all

the qualities must be unreah and false.

 

[Answer] SampradAya, the wisdom regularly [sam] imparted [pradAya] to

the disciples [by the teachers] : Isvari ruling. This [knowledge] is

arrived at by reason and by tradition. Just as ether and other

qualities are attributed to Brahman which is without attributes, again

of the ether, etc, when predicated of Brahman, sound, substance, etc

are attributed, again, when these are predicated of Brahman, other

qualities are attributed to them, similarly, as in Brahman, which is

without attributes both the visible qualities and the things which are

qualified are attributed, one thing becomes both quality and possessor

of quality. Here Siva is qualified, Sakti is the quality. This is to

be known by tradition alone. Those who possess the tradition say that

Brahman itself is the Sakti.

 

SampradAya may mean, also the sampradAya meaning of PaNcadasi as

explained in the Yoginihrdaya [iI. 15] and in the dattAtreya-samhitA.

We have said concerning our book, VarivasyArahasya this "SampradAya

meaning" is more fitted to the KAdividyA.

 

 

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

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She is the Queen of the Tradition.

 

The knowledge of Srividya is to be obtained through a competent Guru

who conveys the traditional wisdom to the disciple. The identity

between Sakti and Siva cannot be realized by mere book knowledge, but

only by the grace of a competent Guru, who will help the disciple

have IstadevatA-Siddhi.

 

She is the Queen or the Ruler/Controller of that traditional lore,

which She imparts to the devotee in the form of the Guru.

 

An additional reading of Sampradaya in this usage yields the BhAratI,

Parama-Mansa, ParivrAjaka tradition of religious tradition propounded

by Sri Adi Sankara. She controls this discipline also.

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

 

- Dr. C. Suryanarayana Murthy, Commentary on the Sri Lalita

Sahasranama, 1962

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy

wrote:

>

>

> sampradAyesvari : Fount of traditional [wisdom]

>

> [Objection] How, in the absence of special authority, can all

> qualities except the parAhamtA, be said to be imaginary? Rahter all

> the qualities must be unreah and false.

>

> [Answer] SampradAya, the wisdom regularly [sam] imparted [pradAya]

to

> the disciples [by the teachers] : Isvari ruling. This [knowledge]

is

> arrived at by reason and by tradition. Just as ether and other

> qualities are attributed to Brahman which is without attributes,

again

> of the ether, etc, when predicated of Brahman, sound, substance,

etc

> are attributed, again, when these are predicated of Brahman, other

> qualities are attributed to them, similarly, as in Brahman, which

is

> without attributes both the visible qualities and the things which

are

> qualified are attributed, one thing becomes both quality and

possessor

> of quality. Here Siva is qualified, Sakti is the quality. This is

to

> be known by tradition alone. Those who possess the tradition say

that

> Brahman itself is the Sakti.

>

> SampradAya may mean, also the sampradAya meaning of PaNcadasi as

> explained in the Yoginihrdaya [iI. 15] and in the dattAtreya-

samhitA.

> We have said concerning our book, VarivasyArahasya this "SampradAya

> meaning" is more fitted to the KAdividyA.

>

>

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.

>

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