SRI.SUNDAR'S OBSERVATIONS ON SARADA AT KUDALI SRINGERI

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Sundar,

 

Thanks for your response.

 

"THERE ARE SEVERAL SAMKARA VIJAYAMS... MADHAVIYA SAMKARA VIJAYAM is

perhaps the most widely read." (1)

 

Conscecration of Sarada on the bank of Tunga Bhadra river is one of

the chief incidents of Sankaracharya's life.

 

Nava Kalidasa Madhava Vidyaranya in his Sankara Dig Vijayam states

that Sankaracharya consecrated the deity only on the bank of Tunga

Bhadra river(not Tunga).

 

" Nearby flows the TUNGABHADRA, which brings good to all who bathe in

its waters.. There at Sringa giri , he had a temple, as graceful as

those of Indra loka, built and installed therein an image of the

Divine Mother and istituted Her forms of worship... So he installed

Her at Sringa-Giri under the name of Mother Sarada, and there SHE

RESIDES EVEN TODAY, GRANTING DEVOTEES' PRAYERS." (2)

 

There is no mention about the establishment on the Tunga river in any

of the Sankara Vijayams. But Some publications similar to the booklet

quoted by you, attempt to convince the readers that Sankara had set

up the establishment on the bank of Tunga. (3)

 

" The holy Kudali kshetra is situated at the confluence of the rivers

Tunga and Bhadra , rich in natural beauty, about nine miles from

Shimoga in Karnataka...Here stand the great temples of Rameswara,

Brahmeswara and Chintamani Narasimha as memorials, of the historic

exploits of the Greart Hoysalas. Along with these are the Mutt of the

Kudali Sri Sringeri Jagatguru and ancient temples of Sri Sarada and

Sri Sankaracharya, facts well known to all..." (4)

 

"...Samastha sishyakotigal sametharaai Aacharyal TUNGABHADRA

KUDALIYIL Sri Sarada Pratishtai seidadhu Yudishtra Sakam 2648

Panguni Shukla navami."(5)

 

 

 

With Regards,

 

BGS

 

 

 

 

(1)THE THRONE OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM Sri Samkaracharya's Sarada

Pitha

in sringeri, Third Edition- Revised, by K.R.Venkatraman, Retired

of Public Instruction, Pudukkottai, Page 12.

 

(2) SANKARA DIG VIJAYA - Madhava Vidyaranya - Translated by Swami

Tapasyananda

Ramakrishna Math Publication, Canto 12, (63-69) Page 143.

 

(3)Pilgrimage to Sringeri, Published by Shri Sharada Peetham,

SRINGERI 577 139

pages10-11.

 

(4)A Brief History of SRI KUDALI SRINGERI JAGATHGURU MAHA

SAMASTHANAM, SARADA PEETAM,

Kudali (Shimoga Dt.) Mysore State,1964, Author: Agnihotri Narayana

Bhatta ,

Pages 1-2.

 

(5)SRI SANKARA VIJAYA DINDIMAM - Srimat Paramahamsa Jagatguru

Sringeri Sri Brahma

Vidyanandanatha Bharati Swamigal, (Avani), 1946, Giri Press,

Triplicane, Madras,

Page62.

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Namaste,

 

I am not sure what purpose this debate will serve, but would

like to point out other references also:

 

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/position/shank-jyot-ascii.html

 

William Cenkner, A Tradition of Teachers - Sankara and The Jagadgurus

Today, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1983, pp. 109-110, mentions an

early 20th-century challenge to the Sringeri Sankaracharya. This

statement can be traced to Cenkner's rather blind reliance on a

Kanchi matha publication (A. Nataraja Aiyer and S. Lakshminarasimha

Sastri, The Traditional Age of Sri Sankaracharya and The Maths,

Minerva Press, Madras, 1962). However, this book only describes a

succession controversy in the Kudali matha, dating back to 1875 CE.

The Kudali matha, which is said to have originated as a branch of the

Sringeri matha, is situated near the confluence of the rivers Tunga

and Bhadra. Kudali and other old branches of Sringeri have their own

independent lineages, which have branched off from the Sringeri list

at some point in the past. The succession dispute at the Kudali matha

has still not been resolved, and there continue to be two competing

lineages there today. Obviously, the controversy in the succession of

Kudali matha does not affect the main Sringeri lineage, and it is

very surprising that Cenkner seems not to realize this. It must also

be mentioned that Aiyer and Sastri are only interested in proclaiming

the Kanchi matha's supremacy over all other mathas. Among other

curiously partisan statements, they attempt to prove that Kudali is

the "original" Sringeri matha, and that the Sringeri matha itself is

a "neo-Sringeri" matha. Aiyer and Sastri are also quoted in Volume

III of The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies - Advaita Vedanta up

to Sankara and His Pupils, edited by Karl Potter, where Sankara's

disciple, Sureswara, is said to have been especially associated with

the Kanchi matha. It should be obvious that the political

relationships among the various mathas, succession disputes within a

matha, and the consequent propaganda literature have started to

adversely affect academic discussions of Advaita and Advaitins. Many

publications from the Department of Philosophy in the University of

Madras have also been affected by this.

 

 

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/ad-today.html

 

Other maThas: Other than the four AmnAya maThas, there are a number

of well-known maThas owing allegiance to advaita and the SankarAcArya

lineage. Many of them were originally branches of one of the four

AmnAya maThas, established officially by the parent maTha, and which

grew into more or less independent institutions over time. Notable

among these are the branch maThas at Kumbhakonam (now based in

Kancipuram, Contact Address: No. 1, Salai Street, Kanchipuram, Tamil

Nadu 631 502, INDIA), Sankhesvar, Kudali, Virupaksha (Hampi),

Kolhapur (Karavir pITham), Sivaganga, Sakatapuram etc. In recent

times, the maTha at Kancipuram has been very active. Sometimes,

notable sannyAsIs of the daSanAmI order start their own maThas, to

cater to the spiritual needs of their followers. An example is the

famous upanishad brahmendra maTha at Kancipuram, which was founded in

the 18th century by rAmacandrendra sarasvatI. Sometimes, succession

controversies (as in the present Jyotirmath) also leads to the

establishment of separate maThas. A few maThas of the nambUdiri

community in Kerala also trace their foundation to Sankara himself,

as do the sumeru and pAdukA maThas in Varanasi. However, the Kavale

maTha of the gauDa sArasvata community in Goa traces its origin in

740 CE not to SankarAcArya, but through another disciple of govinda

bhagavatpAda.

 

Regards,

 

sunder

 

 

, sivabgs wrote:

> Dear Sri Sundar,

>

> Thanks for your response.

>

> "THERE ARE SEVERAL SAMKARA VIJAYAMS... MADHAVIYA SAMKARA VIJAYAM is

> perhaps the most widely read." (1)

>

> Conscecration of Sarada on the bank of Tunga Bhadra river is one of

> the chief incidents of Sankaracharya's life.

>

> Nava Kalidasa Madhava Vidyaranya in his Sankara Dig Vijayam states

> that Sankaracharya consecrated the deity only on the bank of Tunga

> Bhadra river(not Tunga).

>

> " Nearby flows the TUNGABHADRA, which brings good to all who bathe

in

> its waters.. There at Sringa giri , he had a temple, as graceful as

> those of Indra loka, built and installed therein an image of the

> Divine Mother and istituted Her forms of worship... So he

installed

> Her at Sringa-Giri under the name of Mother Sarada, and there SHE

> RESIDES EVEN TODAY, GRANTING DEVOTEES' PRAYERS." (2)

>

> There is no mention about the establishment on the Tunga river in

any

> of the Sankara Vijayams. But Some publications similar to the

booklet

> quoted by you, attempt to convince the readers that Sankara had set

> up the establishment on the bank of Tunga. (3)

>

> " The holy Kudali kshetra is situated at the confluence of the

rivers

> Tunga and Bhadra , rich in natural beauty, about nine miles from

> Shimoga in Karnataka...Here stand the great temples of Rameswara,

> Brahmeswara and Chintamani Narasimha as memorials, of the historic

> exploits of the Greart Hoysalas. Along with these are the Mutt of

the

> Kudali Sri Sringeri Jagatguru and ancient temples of Sri Sarada and

> Sri Sankaracharya, facts well known to all..." (4)

>

> "...Samastha sishyakotigal sametharaai Aacharyal TUNGABHADRA

> KUDALIYIL Sri Sarada Pratishtai seidadhu Yudishtra Sakam 2648

> Panguni Shukla navami."(5)

>

>

>

> With Regards,

>

> BGS

>

>

>

>

> (1)THE THRONE OF TRANSCENDENTAL WISDOM Sri Samkaracharya's Sarada

> Pitha

> in sringeri, Third Edition- Revised, by K.R.Venkatraman, Retired

> Director

> of Public Instruction, Pudukkottai, Page 12.

>

> (2) SANKARA DIG VIJAYA - Madhava Vidyaranya - Translated by Swami

> Tapasyananda

> Ramakrishna Math Publication, Canto 12, (63-69) Page 143.

>

> (3)Pilgrimage to Sringeri, Published by Shri Sharada Peetham,

> SRINGERI 577 139

> pages10-11.

>

> (4)A Brief History of SRI KUDALI SRINGERI JAGATHGURU MAHA

> SAMASTHANAM, SARADA PEETAM,

> Kudali (Shimoga Dt.) Mysore State,1964, Author: Agnihotri Narayana

> Bhatta ,

> Pages 1-2.

>

> (5)SRI SANKARA VIJAYA DINDIMAM - Srimat Paramahamsa Jagatguru

> Sringeri Sri Brahma

> Vidyanandanatha Bharati Swamigal, (Avani), 1946, Giri Press,

> Triplicane, Madras,

> Page62.