Origin of namam

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HI All

I am just curious, does anyone know how Vaishanava's Namam originated? and

does it have any meaning? (as per any shastra or any text)?

Appreciate your cooperation

 

--

Krishna Narasimhan.

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Narasimhan :

 

(1)The name Vishanvam is of Vedic origin .

 

The name is referred to in Rg Vedam first ,

the oldest of VedAs .The exact quotation

is "Gaam gathasya tava dhAma VaishNavam ".

The effulgence of the Lord ( Svayam Jyothi)

is being saluted here .He is param JyOthi .

 

(2)The nigantu explanation is " VishNurdEvathAsya

tasyEdham vaa aNN) or that relates to VishNu .

 

(3)It is also the noun of the asterism "SravaNaa".

SravaNam is VishNu's constellation ( SravaNa VenkatEsan ).

Although SravaNa nakshthram is the celebrated

constellation assoicated with Him , we have to remember

the slOkam used by the AarAdhakar at Ahobila matam

before ThiruvArAdhanam :

 

Thithir VishNus tathA vaara:

Nakshathram VishNurEva cha

yOgasccha karanam chaiva

SARVAM VISHNU MAYAM JAGATH

 

 

(4)Vaishnavam also means the celestial residence of

MahA VishNu (i-e) VaikuNtam .

 

(5)Finally , VaishNavam means the ashes of a burnt

offering like in PurNAhUthi during a Vedic yAgam .

I have written earlier under the 40 samskArAs of

Hindus about those Yaagams , where cooked Havis

is offered to Agni invoking devathAs , whose

antharyAmi is MahA VishNu /Sriman naarAyaNA .

We are back to Veda sambhandham now .

 

Vaishnavam can not be understood without

knowing about VaishNava lakshaNam .That is

a deep subject beyond the scope of this

short note .

 

V.Sadagopan

 

At 12:10 PM 3/24/99 +0530, you wrote:

>HI All :

>I am just curious, does anyone know how Vaishanava's Namam

originated? and does it have any meaning?

(as per any shastra or any text)?

>Appreciate your cooperation>

>--

>Krishna Narasimhan.