[pancharatra and vaikhanasa ]

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Dear Shree Kasturi Varadarajan,

 

Paancharaatra and Vaikhanasa are two Vaishnava Aagamas. Paancharaatra

is authored by Lord Vishnu while Vaikhanasa is authored by Vikhanasa

muni. Marichi, Atri, Brugu are few among contributers for Vikhanasa.

Both are strictly in accordance with the Veda and taken as authority.

The temple ritualls are from ancient period. Whatever aagama with

with they were built, is being followed mostly till now. Of course

few Aacharyas have converted few temple rituals to Paancharaatra

which is more popular and celebrated in Brahma Sutra.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI Raamaanuja Daasan.

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Kasturi Varadarajan <kvaradar wrote:

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Dear Friends,

I have read that among the two agamas, Vaikhanasa and Pancharatra,

Ramanuja preferred pancharatra. Is this correct? If so, what are the

reasons?

 

In view of the series of postings on Emberumanar and VP, DP, and BH,

I request people to view my questions, and any responses that might follow,

dispassionately. There are Vaikhanasa and pancharatra temples that are very

dear to every Srivaishnava.

 

-Kasturi

 

 

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SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaha

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SatakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESIkAya namaha

 

Dear SrI Narasimhan,

namO nArAyaNa.

 

 

SrI Hari wrote :

>Of course

> few Aacharyas have converted few temple rituals to Paancharaatra

> which is more popular and celebrated in Brahma Sutra.

 

A small addition :

 

Sage VyAsa didn't enquire about VaikhAnasa Agamas in the

Brahma sUtras because it was extremly clear that it was

faithful to VEdas. But, pAncarAtra has some apparent

contradictions with vEdas and that problem was needed to be

sorted out and thus Sage VyAsa made an enquiry into it.

Though Sage VyAsa declared it to be an authoritative text,

some have mis-interpreted it to be un-authoritative.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan

krishNArpaNam.

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SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaha

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SatakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESIkAya namaha

 

Dear SrI Hari,

namO nArAyaNa.

 

Sorry for sending the unfinished mail earlier by mistake.

 

SrI Hari wrote :

>Of course

> few Aacharyas have converted few temple rituals to Paancharaatra

> which is more popular and celebrated in Brahma Sutra.

 

A small note as adiyEn heard during kAlakshEbam :

 

Sage VyAsa didn't enquire about VaikhAnasa Agamas in the

Brahma sUtras because it was extremly clear that it was

faithful to VEdas. But, pAncarAtra had some apparent

contradictions with vEdas (due to the lack of understanding

of certain passages, similar to how certain passages in

Upanishads were difficult to understand and hence enquiry was

made into those passages in Brahma sUtras) and that problem was

needed to be sorted out and thus Sage VyAsa made an enquiry into

it. Though Sage VyAsa declared it to be an authoritative text,

some have mis-interpreted it to be un-authoritative as you

know.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan

krishNArpaNam.