Amritanubhava - [General information]

[Guest guest]

advaitin, "Sunder Hattangadi" <sunderh>

wrote:

 

Namaste,

 

Nirmalaji has informed me that the postings have been delayed

due to some technical problems, and expects to start them soon.

 

Till then, I shall post a few items of information-

 

An Overview of Jnaneshvara's Amritanubhava:

 

[sources:

Amritanubhava - Marathi Translation & Commentary -Vishnu Jog, 1977

" - " " " - R.N.Saraf, 1990 (1st ed)

Mysticism in Maharashtra - (English) R.D.Ranade ,1933 (reprint 1982).

The Philosophy of Jnanadeva - (English) B.P.Bahirat, 1961

Experience of Immortality - (English) R. Balsekar, ed. S.Dixit 1987].

 

Jnaneshvara (1275-1296 A.D.) wrote this work in about 1294 A.D.,

at the behest of his spiritual teacher and elder brother,

Nivrittinatha. The original work was probably without any divisions

into chapters. A later commentator - Shivakalyan, circa 1635 A.D.),

may have added the Chapter divisions. The total number of verses in

different manuscripts has varied from 804-807.

 

 

Ch.#Title

# verses

1. The Union of Shiva and Shakti

[shiva-Shakti-Samaveshana] 64

2. Paying Homage to Shri Nivrittinatha

[sadguru-Stavana] 80

3. Discharging the Debt of Speech

[Vacha-Rinottirna] 33

4. Knowledge and Ignorance

[Jnana-Ajnana-Bheda-Kathana] 43

5. Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss

[sacchidananda-Padatraya-Vivarana] 68

6. Inefficacy of the Word

[shabda-Khandana] 103

7. Refutation of Ajnanavada

[Ajnana-Khandana] 295

8. Refutation of Knowledge

[Jnana-Khandana] 18

9. The Secret of Natural Devotion

[Jivanmuktadasha-Kathana] 71

10.Blessings to the World

[Grantha-Parihara] 31

 

Total 806

 

 

Regards,

 

Sunder