shiva-shaktyaikya trishatii

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>Is this text used commonly by shrividyopaasaka-s? I have a book

>with this trishatii in naamaavaLi format. It is actually a

>combination of lalitaa and rudra trishatii.

>

 

Could you throw some more light on it.

 

How are the nAmAvaLi designed ?. 'hiraNyabAhave namaH'- 'kakArapUpayai

namaH'

 

Sri Rudra Trishatti is the only vedic trishatti available. The 8 eight

anuvAgas in krishna yagur veda has these 300 names. It's a part of Sri Rudra

prashnam. It's interesting to note that the nAmA 'shiva' is housed in the

middle anuvAga in the prashnam which is in the middle shAka in the center of

the five vedas krishNa yajur vedam. 'shiva nAmam' is treated like a diamond

occupying such a pivotal status.

 

As we know lalitA thrishatti is housed in brahmANda purANam, so fusing those

two should be a modern effort. But both these two 300 names are held in high

esteems and used together. It would not be that proper to combine these two

as one is from shruti and has swara and the other being a purANic one has no

special way of chanting.

 

 

(When Ravi was discussing on a question that Ramu raised, he was insisting

in getting initiated from a guru even for simple mantras. For those who are

not fortunate enough for that, there is one shabdham that is free from all

niyamAs or restrictions, that is 'mahAdeva shabdham' according to

brahmavaivarta purANa. I don't quite remember the full shloka but the

content is,

'In kali brahmaNas can not perform all the rites that are prescribed because

it requires 'vivida niyamAs' (different code of conduct that has to be

followed). They are not potential enough to carry out those different

disciplines. There exist one way void of all principles and restrictions, to

chant the name 'mahAdeva'. The shloka denotes it as 'mahA deva shabdham' ,

ie you need not even have to meditate as chandrakalAdara or virushabAruDa

and then chant the name, just the sound is enough.Such is the greatness of

shiva nAma.

 

Bhagavatam a total vishNu puraNam speaks of shiva nAma mahimA in the

dakshayaGYa skandam. Two names of the lord are so powerful like a vitamin

tablet that has the essence of all nutrition you need, its rAma and shivA.

Even sitting in a restroom you can chant rAma nAmA. 'suchirvA asuchirvA

pavitrovA apvitrovA yasmaret pundarIkaksham....' such is the apAra kAruNya

of the lord).

 

 

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Namaste,

 

Here is a request I received. I fany of the list members has further

information. will they kindly post it in this forum. Many thanks.

 

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Namasthe

 

The Lalithopakyanam is from uttarakhanda of brahmanda mahapurana, last

of

the eighteen mahapuranas extant - Sage Agasthya and maharishi hayagreeva

conversation. The original text is not available.It was published in the

earlier stage of 19th century.I am an humble upasaka of Devi and it is

my

desire to read this text original and its revealation to our devotees

willbe much useful .Further our guru tradition wishes to perform the

Mahayaga indicated therein.As such I would be grateful for your service.

Yours sincerely

Kaushik.

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"Aravind Krishna" <seeksha

Re: shiva-shaktyaikya trishatii

Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:46:21 CST

 

 

>Is this text used commonly by shrividyopaasaka-s? I have a book

>with this trishatii in naamaavaLi format. It is actually a

>combination of lalitaa and rudra trishatii.

>

 

Could you throw some more light on it.

 

Even sitting in a restroom you can chant rAma nAmA. 'suchirvA asuchirvA

pavitrovA apvitrovA yasmaret pundarIkaksham....' such is the apAra kAruNya

of the lord).

 

 

It is related in the biography of Shri Ramakrishna that when he was visiting

the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, he saw Shiva giving the moksha-mantra

'Rama' to everyone as they were dying in this moksha-purii.

 

Regards,

 

Sunder

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Is this text used commonly by shrividyopaasaka-s? I have a book

with this trishatii in naamaavaLi format. It is actually a

combination of lalitaa and rudra trishatii.

 

Ravi

[Guest guest]

>

> Namasthe

>

> The Lalithopakyanam is from uttarakhanda of brahmanda mahapurana, last

> of

> the eighteen mahapuranas extant - Sage Agasthya and maharishi hayagreeva

> conversation. The original text is not available.It was published in the

> earlier stage of 19th century.I am an humble upasaka of Devi and it is

 

Sunderji,

 

You can probably invite your friend to join this list. We will be

benefitted by having him here.

 

University of Texas at Austin has a good collection of Indian

books. My cursory search shows it has the Sanksrit text of

brahmanda purana. If your friend is in US, he can obtain it

through Inter-Library-Loan. If he is India, Connemara library in

Madras has an excellent collection. It has a old-books section

which are not checked out (you have to read them there), that has

many valuable resources.

 

You can search UTnet catalog from

http://dpweb1.dp.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/

 

Also there is something called WorldSearch (is not open to all),

you can search many catalogs in the World using it. Using this

search only I found the out of print AnandaSagaraStavaH. Is not

internet fascinating!

 

 

If he is unable to get the book, when I have time, I will try to

locate it in UT (if available), and send a copy. But it will take

time.

 

Here is the URL which lists the book for search "brahmandapurana"

 

http://dpweb1.dp.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/utnetcat.wb?search_type=TB&command_text\

=MK+BRAHMANDA+AND+MK+PURANA&prev_search_text=MK+BRAHMANDA+AND+MK+PURANA&next_act\

ion=JUMP&next_brn=000000000&next_other_data=&next_2nd_brn=008970394&last_rec_nbr\

=000000000&loc_display_type=V&program=COMMD

 

 

 

In that #2 is very promising

 

 

UNIFORM TITLE:

Puranas. Brahmandapurana.

TITLE:

Srivyasamaharsiproktam Brahmandapuranam; adau bhumika-visayanukramanibhyam

ante ca padyanukramanya samupabrmhitam /

Samskarta Jagadisasastri.

EDITION:

(1st ed.).

PUBLISHED:

Dilli : Motilala Banarasidasa, (1973)

DESCRIPTION:

xvi, 295 p. ; 29 cm.

NOTES:

Added t.p. in English: Brahmanda purana of Sage Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa; with

introduction in Sanskrit and English and an alphabetical

index of verses.

Authorship uncertain. Has been attributed to Badarayana.

Reprint of the 1912 ed. published by Venkatesvara Press, Bombay; with new

introductory matter and index.

In Sanskrit.

OTHER AUTHORS:

Badarayana. / Brahmandapurana. 1973.

OCLC NUMBER:

11133766

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Ravi