Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 There appears to be a significant amount of research into the philosophy and historical origin of Visishtadvaita going on in Austria, at the Institute for Asian Cultural and Religious History (Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens). [ http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ias/Pb_Indo.html ] The chief scholar appears to be one Gerhard Oberhammer. He and his associates have written several volumes on several rare Visishtadvaita texts such as Vatsya Varadacharya's Prameyamala and Parashara Bhattar's Tattvaratnakara. They also appear to have done extensive study on the role and evolution of of Pancaratra philosophy. Has anyone looked into these works? I realize they are mostly in German, but I am very impressed by how much work these people have put into this. As a group we should support and encourage them for all they are doing. ramanuja dasan Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2002 Report Share Posted October 24, 2002 I have seen four volumes of the series - 1. Tattvaratnakara fragments, about 72 of them, with annotation and German translation. These have been published earlier by a Sri Vaishnava scholar too (Uttamur Viraraghavacharya??), indepenently, but I forget his name. 2. The Antaryami Brahmana of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (with Ramanujacharya's gloss on these vakyas). 3. Critical edition of Samvitsiddhi - the text as such is not much different from the 'Siddhitrayam' published from Chennai. Ed. is Roque Mesquita. 4. Fragments of Yadavaprakasha's Brahmasutrabhashya, mainly from Vedantadeshika's works, and secondarily from Sudarshana Suri's works. This is the largest collection of his fragments that I have encountered, although several crucial onces in Srutaprakasika etc. have been left out. All the four volumes are in Sanskrit-German, and of very good quality. We should indeed offer our support. Gerhard Oberhammer is the series editor. The series has also produced some works on Dvaita, one of which is available in English translation (on the Vedic quotations in Madhva's works, published by Aditya Prakashan, Delhi and authored by Mesquita). This particular work has invited a lengthy criticism by Shrisha Rao, and this is under publication in the forthcoming issue of WZKS (Vienna). In the acknowledgements sections, you will find my name as well. The 4 volumes above should actually be available in all major US libraries, bound with other volumes of the series. Vishal Agarwal ----Original Message Follows---- "Krishna Kashyap" <kkalale1 <bhakti-list> CC: <Martin.Gansten, "Vishal Agarwal" <vishalagarwal RE: Austrian research on Visishtadvaita Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:18:26 -0700 Mani, can you tell me how to read the list on the sanskrit document area of the links ( in India links area) of this webpage? I think rare sanskrit documents are in english and itrans. I need to find out how I can read that. Krishna Mani Varadarajan [mani] Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:59 PM bhakti-list Cc: Martin.Gansten; Vishal Agarwal Austrian research on Visishtadvaita There appears to be a significant amount of research into the philosophy and historical origin of Visishtadvaita going on in Austria, at the Institute for Asian Cultural and Religious History (Institut für Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte Asiens). [ http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ias/Pb_Indo.html ] The chief scholar appears to be one Gerhard Oberhammer. He and his associates have written several volumes on several rare Visishtadvaita texts such as Vatsya Varadacharya's Prameyamala and Parashara Bhattar's Tattvaratnakara. They also appear to have done extensive study on the role and evolution of of Pancaratra philosophy. Has anyone looked into these works? I realize they are mostly in German, but I am very impressed by how much work these people have put into this. As a group we should support and encourage them for all they are doing. ramanuja dasan Mani ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Group Home: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of is subject to _______________ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 >The chief scholar appears to be one Gerhard Oberhammer. He and >his associates have written several volumes on several rare >Visishtadvaita texts such as Vatsya Varadacharya's Prameyamala >and Parashara Bhattar's Tattvaratnakara. They also appear to have >done extensive study on the role and evolution of of Pancaratra >philosophy. Impressive! Prof.Oberhammer was closely associated with the late Dr Varadachary who was an authority on the Agamas. Not much research has been done in this field. What is more surprising is that this part of the canon is generally avoided by a certain group. The pAncharatra philosophy is so vast and covers all the intricate details of visisthAdvaita within the realm of tantra (phenomenology). Dr Varadachary also mentions that pAncharatA deals with rites of passage such as antima kramams, shathAbhishekam etc. This is generally covered by the grhya sutras and the dharma sAstras. He mentions that pAncharatrA is to be treated as highly elevated as a smriti and that it's validity is considered as a shruthi within the Sri Vaishnava sampradAyam. Dr Varadachary's book, "Pancaratragama" which was recently published by TTD is an excellent introduction. However, I have not been able to find english books on the Vaikhanasa agamam. The only vaikhAnasa sutram I am aware of is the one that belongs to the Yajur Vedam. Are both the sutram and the agamam of the same origin? Any info on the Vaikhanasa agamam is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Malolan Cadambi [ To my knowledge, Pancaratra is not considered as Sruti or Veda within the tradition, since it is an authored text. -- Moderator ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 Dear Sri Malolan Cadambi, Sri Vaikhanasa agamam is authored by Sri Vikanasar who is considered to be an amsam of Sriman Narayana Himself. He has defined 18 samskaras to be performed at various stages of a person's life. He has also laid out the rules of temple construction, worship,pooja, homams,utsavams and nitya karmas to be performed at temples as well as at home. There are great many scholars who have done detailed studies on this agama(not sure if their works are available in English though). You can get more details/contact person names by contacting Sri D. Murali, sryasdmurali who is also webmaster of www.srivaikanasam.com adiyen, Anand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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