SrI pAdukAsahasram and kOlams (Designs)

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SrI pAdukAsahasram and kOlams (Designs)

 

namaskaram!

 

The 30th paddhati in SrI pAdukA sahasram is titled

citra paddhati. SrI V. N. vedAnta deSikan in his

commentary introduces this paddhati to us as “citra

kavi”, which can be approximately translated as “poem

in the form of pictures”. In the other paddhati-s,

the arrangement of the words in the Sloka-s do not

have any special pattern or design compared to citra

paddhati, and the meaning is relatively directly

expressed. But in citra paddhati, the “alankAram”

assumes great significance in addition to its meaning,

and sometimes it is a challenge to figure out the

meaning.

 

Lifco publications has published a booklet on kolams

corresponding to the seven days of the week taking the

different designs formulated by svAmi dESikan in his

Slokams in SrI pAdukAsahasram.

 

Please refer to this URL to get a copy of the kolams

and Slokams:

 

bhakti-list/padukakolam.jpg

 

Sunday: sarvatOpatra bandham : Slokam 933

Monday: dvicatushka cakra bandham : Slokam 926

Tuesday: ashTa daLa padma bandham: Slokam 940

Wednesday: ashTa daLa padma bandham : Slokam 927

Thursday: dvicatushka cakra bandham: Slokam 913

Friday: garuDa gati cakra bandham: Slokam 924

Saturday: ShODaSa daLapadma bandham: Slokam 928

 

aDiyEn would like to know the following:

 

1. Who designed these kolams? Were these kolams given

by svAmi dESikan himself, or were they drawn in a

subsequent time by someone else?

2. Is there a reason for assigning certain kolams to

certain days?

3. Besides the books “SrI pAdukA sahasram” by Sri D.T.

tAtAcAryA and the one published by SrImad ANDavan

Asramam that give the citrams for some of the Slokams

in citra paddhati, are there other books that

elaborate on these kolams?

4. Are there citrams for all the 40 Slokams in this

paddhati?

aDiyEn would like to get more input on this topic;

this will help aDiyEn to publish a comprehensive

summary of these kolams with elaborate analysis of how

the citrams are created. aDiyEn’s husband – SrI N.

krshNamAcAri is helping with the understanding of the

geometric designs and SrImati SrInivAsarAghavan, a

young, enthusiastic devotee who has joined our Chicago

area bhaktAs recently, is helping with drawing the

special graphics and creating jpg files so they can be

shared with our bhakti list members.

 

aDiyEn is planning to start a mini-series on these

kolams, a day at a time, and would appreciate any

input from our bhakti list bhaktAs on this topic.

 

SrI ranganAtha divya maNi pAdukAbyAm nama:

 

aDiyEn,

kalyANi krshNamAcAri

 

 

 

 

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