Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Sub : Mahaan Pujya Sri BHASURANANDANATHA alias Pujya Sri BHASKARARAYA ( PBR ) I was planning to post an article on this Mahaan about a month back and somehow missed it until the devotee of this group asked about the details of the life history of this Mahaan and it occurs to me as if it is divine reminder on the subject. No upasana is complete without knowing the legendary genius's life .He is regarded by Sri Vidya upasakas as Adi Sankara for Sri Vidya in short. The life history of PBR was not much known earlier and only sketchy details were available with very few instances of his life here and there. Mahaan Pujya Sri "SIR" Chidhanandanathar did an extensive research on all his works uncovering minute details, correlating information -- the end result is an authoritative information available to us on PBR to day. This article would be posted in two parts. The first part would cover the life history and contributions to SRI VIDYA and varied sastras. The second part would deal with the divine stories and miracles associated with PBR. F I R S T P A R T : PBR was born to Sri Gabhiraraya and Smt Konambika -- A Brahmin maharastrian family and their family tree can be traced to several Maha Vidwaans in Veda Sastras. PBR belongs to the Vishwamita Gotra and born at BAGHA -- as per Sir it is the present Hyderabad and as per others it is in Maharastra near Sangli or Beet. His precise date or year of birth could not be found out except that he has been known to have lived for 95 years. His era is estimated to be between 1690 A.D to 1785 AD . Though his Sishya umanandanatha has written a Kavya on PBR, no date or year is mentioned and based on the year of this kavya as one of the evidence his life period has been arrived. At the time of birth he has been described as having a bright face like a rising sun and as an infant he was initiated to VAKDEVATHA MANTRA by his father. His extraordinary learning skills were evident even as a boy when he could master the toughest grandhas and sastras to the surprise of everyone known to him. Gamhiraraya later goes to a pilgrimage with his family to KASI ( Benaras ), when he performs the upanayana to PBR.His father thereafter arranges for Veda Adyayana in a village -- Lokapalli, the Guru being Sri Narashima Yajwa. Later he gets the Sri Vidya Purnabhisheka from a great Gujarathi Devi Upasaka -- known as Pujya Sri PRAKASHANANDA ( alis SHIVA DUTTA SHUKLA ) and gets the Deeksha nama as Bhasurunandanatha. Due to his extraordinary abilities and Bhakti gets the Manthra Siddhi very quickly and with the permission of his guru procceds to Bharat Yatra for dissemination of knowledge and mantra sastras. Where ever he goes , he also acquires the knowledge from leading personalities of that time like Sri Gangadra Vajpaye -- the knowledge on gowda tharka sastras. Even at that time PBR realises the nearly disappearing status of Atharvaveda (like the Maha Perivaal) and decides to learn and master this atharva Veda.Later on he had many sishyas for atarva veda also. After the period of learning and pracharam PBR marries one Aanandi and gives Deeksha to her with the nama Puja Smt Padmathi Amma. Just like the Adi Sankara won over Mandala Mishra, PBR wins over a noted vidwaan in vallabha sampradaya from Gujarat and on his way back wins over another scholar Madhava yeti . Pleased with this this the yeti gives his puvasrama daughter to PBR in marriage. He later on takes his two wives to Kasi and lives there for quite a number of years doing Yagnas like samaya and spends his time initiating devotees to Sri Vidya and teaching. Here at Kasi he performs various miracles and comes into contact with many jeevan Mukthas like Swamy Kumkumananda. PBR'S divine abilities were well known to many kings at that time and he accepts the invitation from various kings belonging to the Chatrapathi Shivaji lineage. In response to the request of a king he comes and lives on the banks of river Krishna and does the SURYOPASANA ( worship of the Sun ) to convert a born Eunuch ( napumsakan ) Sri Ramachandra Jadav to a male and succeeds in doing. Lord Surya himself appears before him and PBR writes a grantha in praise of Sun worship ---- " DRUSHA BASKARAM " In the later part of his life, on the invitation of he King Of Tanjore belonging to the Bhosale Vamsa , PBR accepts an entire village as a gift from the king because of the only reason that his Tarka Sastra Guru Sri Gangadhara Vajpey was living in Tiruvalangadu - near kumakonam on the other bank that is south bank of Kaveri river . Here he is said to have brought for daily worship a MUSLIM WOMAN from Andhra through his yogic powers and WORSHIP HER AS DEVI and send her back after puja. PBR left his mortal coils at a ripe age of 95 at Bhaskararayapuram and reached SRIPURAM. He had several disciples from all parts of India as a result of extensive tour and many were from royal families. He was DEVI INCARNATE proficient in all Vidyas.,Vedas,agamas,sastras and vedantas PBR's works were mainly in Sanskrit and highly extolled for their scholastic research ,excellence, vastness and depth ,richness of intellectual acumen with spiritual experience as a result of Sri Vidya Sadhana yielding transcendental revelation on the Scriptures for the generations to come. It is said that PBR had the distinction of giving the commentary on LS which Adi Sankara wanted to do but could not do as Sankara was prevented by Devi herself and ended up in a commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama. PBR"S Bhasyam on LS known as SOUBHAGYA BHASKARAM is the only authoritative and widely accepted commentary on LS and is considered a master piece. In this work itself he has given cross reference to 169 Grandhas which reveals his ocean of knowledge. The exact place where he lived has been now identified at Bhaskararajapuram -- at Tiruvalankadu near Kumbakonam -- Tamil Nadu and the VISWA SRIVIDYA PARISHAD is planning to acquire the land to build a memorial for him. Let us get to know some his main works: S U B J E C T Name of the work. Vedanta …… Chanda Bhaskaram, Neelachala Chapetika Mimamsa ………….. Vada Kowthuhalam, Paattachandrodayam Viyakarana ………………. Rasiranjani Niyaaya …………………. Niyaya Mandanam Chandas ……………….. Chando bhaskaram,Chandas kowsthubam,Vruttha chandrodayam,Varthikarajam,chotivruthhi kaavyam …………. …. Chandrashaala,Mathuramlam,Baskara Subhasitham Vaaideekam …………… Vaaideka kosham Smruthi …………………. SmruthiTatwam,SahasraBojanaKandika, EkadashiNirnaym, Pradoshanirnayam, DrushaBhaskaram,KundaBaskaram. SangaChakraanganaPraayischittam, Sthotra …………………….. Shivasthvam , Devisthvam , Shivadandakam, Viyakyana on Shiva Ashtora nama stotra Manthra sastram ……. Kathyotham ( Bhasyam on Ganapathysahasrama) Sowbhagya Baskaram ( Bhasyam on LS ) Sri Suuktha Bhasyam Sri ratnalokam Gupthavathi ( Bhasyam on Devi Mahatmeeyam ) Saptha Sloki Mala Mantro daram ( relared to Katga Mala ) Sethu Bandanam ( Bhasyam on vamakeswara Tantra ) Sri ratnaa lokam ( Parasurama kalpa Sutra bhasyam ) Thriproupanisad Bhasyam Varivasya Rahasyam Kowlo-upanishad Bhasyam ] Nada navaratna mala manjusha Tripura sundari Bahya Varivasya rahasyam ( Bahya Puja Vidhi Chandralaamba Mahatmyadika Bhavonopanishad Bhasyam and Pryoga Anke Koti Namaskarams to the Lotus Feet of Sir Ganpathy = = = Vijaya sudarshan balasubramanian <sudarshanbalasubramanian wrote: Sri Rama Jayam Namaskarams to all, I have heard a lot about Mahaan Sri Bhaskararayar, but do not know anything about his life and preachings. I have also heard about a place called Bhaskararajapuram near Thanjavur where he lived and the Ambaal that he was worshipping is kept here and also supposedly this place is like Kashi for Sri Vidya Upasakas. Can somebody please provide details about this Great person and also this place Bhaskararajapuram, as to where is it located and how can we reach it? Thank you With regards Sudarshan Iyer Catch all the cricket action. Download Score tracker Sponsor -- pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h www : http://www.ambaa.org/ Contact: help Ganapathy --- Vijaya " Jai Bhavani " - - - - " Jai Sri Lalitha Maha Maha Tripura Sundari " " Sarvam Shakti Mayam Jagathu " Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 There are several ways to reach Bhaskararajapuram. via train - you can get down at kuttalam, before mayavaram and then take a taxi to Bhaskararajapuram. Or from Mayavaram any bus going thro thirukkOdikAval will go via Bhaskararajapuram. If you dont mind walking, you can take a bus to thiruvAlangADu. Walk down to the river bed and go across the river to Bhaskararajapuram. In thiruvAlangADu there is a beautiful Siva temple which has now been discovered to be very old (the details I believe were published in Ramakrishna Vijayam a few months back). The swami there is vaTAraNyeshwara and ambaal is vaNDaarkuzhali. The kurukkal there can give more details about the temple. His son is the kurukkal at Bhaskararajapuram. We tried to see the vigrahas Bhaskararaya worshipped. There was nobody who could give proper details about its whereabouts. HTH Aarathi. > Can somebody please provide details about this Great person and also this place Bhaskararajapuram, as to where is > it located and how can we reach it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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