Fwd: Chapters in Lalitopakhyana

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Shri Harsha's input on this:

This was addressed to Shri Raja Akella and cced to me

and hence I edited portions of it.

Rgds

--- Harsha Ramamurthy <harsha_ramamurthy

wrote:

Chandika Vijayadhwaja Stotra has been published by

Sri Mahadeva Shastry in Malayalam and I have a very

old copy of the same. I will try to transliterate the

same to Sanskrit sometime and publish it on the web.

Some of the other Stotras mentioned are exclusive to

Srividyopasakas and particular lineages and hence may

not be suitable for displaying on a public platform,

as some of these require Purnabhisheka as an

eligibility to recite them.

 

 

 

I myself have been having great curiosity regarding

the Khandas that you have mentioned. Though I have

seen about ten different versions of Lalitopakhyana

and Brahmanda Purana, none of them have these Khandas.

So, this generates a doubt whether these Khandas

existed and if they did, are they lost? I have thought

of a few points to support both these claims:

 

1. Hayagriva mentions these in the Sahasranama Purva

Pithika.

 

2. Trishati is accepted to be a part of Brahmanda

Purana by Adi Shankara.

 

3. One of the Chapters mentions Diksha Vidhi in the

currently available version of Lalitopakhyana.

Probably, this indeed is the Diksha Khanda and the

rest of the chapters have been lost now! Nyasa details

are also mentioned in this chapter.

 

4. There are two beautiful Lalita Ashtottarashatanama

Stotras available currently, which are said to be from

Stotra Khanda of Brahmandapurana. One starts with the

name Bhurupasakalaadhaara and the other has all names

starting with the word 'Shiva'. So, there probably is

indeed a Stotra Khanda in Lalitopakhyana.

 

Also, there are some points that may be cited to prove

otherwise:

 

1. No other authority has ever quoted Dandini and

Mantrini Sahasranamas in other works, at least not the

ones said to be from Brahmanda Purana. Many use

Matangi Sahasranamas from different Tantras but this

not appropriately Mantrini Sahasranama. Saubhagya

Lakshmi Kalpa has the Shyamala/Mantrini Sahasranama.

It may also be noted that the famous Stotra Sri Lalita

Panchashati is also a part of this Mantra Shastra

Grantha. Varahi Sahasranama is found in Rudrayamala.

 

2. Commenting on the Shloka 'Stotrakhande bahu vidhAH

stutayaH parikiirtitAH', Sri Bhaskararaya mentions

that there are many stotras like Panchami Stavaraja

etc. It may be noted that this Stotra is a part of

Rudrayamala and not Brahmanda Purana. So, Hayagriva

Bhagavan may be referring to Stotras from various

scriptures in a generic way as belonging to Stotra

Khanda, meaning 'Srividya Stotra Khanda'. There may

not really be any Stotra Khanda in Brahmanda Purana

exclusively.

 

regards,

 

Harsha.

 

 

 

 

 

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I have been told that traditionally there is a parayana krama to

read all 18 puranas in a single stretch. This krama concludes with

Sri Rajajajeshwari pattabhishekam and Sripura varNanam of Brahmanda

purana. (Brahmanda purana being the last of the 18 puranas).

 

This is common in other pArAyaNam too. RamayaNa navAha pArAyaNam

concludes with Sri Rama pattabhishekam and phalashruti of yuddha

khanda. Uttara khanda, which is also a part of Ramayana is not read.

Srimad bhagavata saptaha upanyasa krama traditionally concludes with

Rukmini kalyanam, though there are other chapters in the 10th skanda

and two more full skandas 11 & 12 in Srimadbhagavatam. Saptaha

parayanam includes the entire purana, but upanyasa krama does not.

 

Similarly Sri Raja rajeshwari pattabhishekam, Sri puranavarNanam and

phalashruti are the traditional concluding chapters of Brahmanda

purana parayanam. I think that might be the reason why other kandas

were not traditionally written with the purana as such and slowly we

lost most of it except for the stotra ratnas.

 

When we look at the uttara phitika of sahasranama, it has an

identically style and obviously looks like a continuation of the

purana. On the contrary there are slight inconsistencies between the

purana and sahasranama.

 

 

Aravind

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Hello!

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

I have some questions in you reply.

 

1. Why the phalasruti of either Lalitopakhyan or Brahmand Puran is

not a part of the Puran {Atleast in all the versions of this Puran}

 

2. What are the inconsistencies between the Sahasram and the puran.

 

Regards,

Raja

 

 

, "seeksha" <seeksha@h...> wrote:

>

>

> I have been told that traditionally there is a parayana krama to

> read all 18 puranas in a single stretch. This krama concludes with

> Sri Rajajajeshwari pattabhishekam and Sripura varNanam of Brahmanda

> purana. (Brahmanda purana being the last of the 18 puranas).

>

<snip>

>

> When we look at the uttara phitika of sahasranama, it has an

> identically style and obviously looks like a continuation of the

> purana. On the contrary there are slight inconsistencies between

the

> purana and sahasranama.

>

>

> Aravind

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, "maharajah_23" <maharajah_23>

wrote:

>

> I have some questions in you reply.

>

> 1. Why the phalasruti of either Lalitopakhyan or Brahmand Puran is

> not a part of the Puran {Atleast in all the versions of this Puran}

 

I don't know. There is phalashruti for every important section as

such like Sripura varNanam and some shlokas in the final, but you

don't see a grand phalashruti chapter. This might be an indication

for the purana to have had more sections.

 

 

> 2. What are the inconsistencies between the Sahasram and the puran.

>

 

Purana mentions mantriNi to have slain vishukra and vArAhi

viSha~nka. In sahasranama you find 'vishukra prANa haraNa vArAhi'

and 'mantriNyambA virachita viSha~nka vadha'

 

 

 

Aravind