Guest guest Posted June 6, 1997 Report Share Posted June 6, 1997 Sri Mohan Sagar and Sri K. Srinivasan (of Quebec) have taken a break (their message May 27) from abstruse metaphysics, and refer to the SrI ranganAtha temple in Angkor Vat, Cambodia, built by the king sUryavarman II in 9-11 cent. Sri Srinivasan reasonably surmises that the king had visited Srirangam, maybe also met SrI nAthamuni/ SrI ALavandAr/uDaiyavar. He remarks that there cd be a reference to this in the Cambodian mss. Someone, placed in the former Indo-China region and preferably in Cambodia itself, cd look up a good history of Cambodia/kAmbOja and tell us about it. I have an English translation of a *Tibetan work (circa 14th cent.) of Buddhist travelogue which refers to the temple of 'ranganAtha' in kAnchIpuram; this probably refers to the 'yathOkta-kAri' who is also in reclension over the Sesha-dalpa. I have an *article published by an Assamese anthropologist, containing the photograph of a large-size sculpture depicting a deity seated over the Sesha-dalpa (something like in AihoLe, Karnataka). On a visit to (north) Korea in Sep'94, I had noticed an imagery like 'SrI' arising from the sea-waves. The coronation ceremony of the monarch of Thailand includes recitation of tiruppAvai stanzas (referred to as 'lOrpA', perhaps in garbled form). The exposure of srIvaishNava influences and concretisations in the Far East is a very fascinating study in itself. Thank U, Srinivasan! aDiyen rAmAnujadAsan, T.S. Sundara Rajan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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