aagama and tiruvEngadamudaiyAn idol

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--- Lakshmi Srinivas <nsrinivasa wrote:

> Friends,

>

> I do not want to enter this debate for want of

> adhikaara re aagama etc.

 

Sir,

 

As far as adiyen can see we are not having a "debate"

on this matter. We are discussing aagama and

tiruvEngadamudaiyAn's idol. Each member is putting

forth what he knows, what he has read or whatever he

has heard from others about the subject. That's all.

One needs no "adhikaara" to discuss... one needs to

have the desire to learn from others and form one's

own opinion based on what is learnt. That's all.

 

But

> I want to point out a reference to those interested

> in this subject.

>

> The History of Tirupati by TKT Viraraghavacharya,

> publ by TTD. in 1953,

> second edition 1977, reprint 1997. This remarkable 3

> volume work costs

> exactly Rs. 77 i.e., less than $2. So the

> discussants may want to go thru

> this book too.

 

Sir,

adiyen has not read the above book. So you may be

right if you say many passages from Sri.N.Ramesam's

book are extracted from the above book. But it does'nt

really matter even if it so, is there? We are all

interested really only in the subject-matter... not in

Sri.Ramesam's or Sri.TKTV's authorship.

> Equally relevant here is his discussion of "Some

> Crude and Incorrect> Notions" (section heading in

Vol I, p 197) wherein> he traces the history of

> some other facets usually pointed out by detractors

> of Srinivasa viz., simha> lalaatam, sandal paste,

jata etc and points out the> insignificance or lack

> of antiquity of many of these facets.

 

Sir, I am not aware of any "crude notions". But

personally I find nothing objectionable in reserving

one's judgment in the face of facts which are not

clear or incontrovertible. In fact I personally find

the conclusion (that 'tiruvEngadamudaiyAn's" idol is

"svayambhu", pre-dates any aagamA and "is a class by

itself") in Sri.Ramesam's book to be quite credible

and well-reasoned.

 

Thanks any way for referring adiyen to the TKTV book

which I will read some time.

 

> I urge the scholars in this list to go thru this,

> digest it and explain it

> in simple terms for laymen like me.

 

I think the scholars Sriman-s Anbil, Sadagopan and

Mani have already explained what they had in mind.

 

Adiyen is no scholar but if you want adiyen can

certainly summarise in a simple, non-technical way the

relevant portions from Sri.N.Ramesam's book in a short

series of posts. But then Sri.Mani, the list

moderator, has to pre-approve "series" postings as per

the guidelines of the list.

 

Regards,

dAsan,

Sampathkumaran

 

 

 

 

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