Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Pranams I read some where that there were three famous Dravidians ( or from Dravida desa) who professed advaita, one is Sankra Bhagavadpada, second is Srimad Appaya Dikishitar. The third person not known by name but only through his quotations. I would like to know, does any member of this group know this 'unknown' dravidian acharyaa? Sundara Rajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 what about the famous Dravidacharya who wrote his commentary on the Chandogya Upanishad...which according to Ananda Giri, the Bhashyakara indirectly refers to in his Bhashya (Akyayikam....) "S. Sundara Rajan" <yesyesrin wrote:Pranams I read some where that there were three famous Dravidians ( or from Dravida desa) who professed advaita, one is Sankra Bhagavadpada, second is Srimad Appaya Dikishitar. The third person not known by name but only through his quotations. I would like to know, does any member of this group know this 'unknown' dravidian acharyaa? Sundara Rajan Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To Post a message send an email to : advaitin Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages Visit your group "advaitin" on the web. advaitin Thanks & Regards, Venkat. Sadgurubhyo Namah. Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 There were many, assuming dravidian aachaarya's you mean those who came from south of Vidyaas! 1. Padmapaada 2. Anandagiri 3. Vidyaranya 4. Bharati Thirtha 5. Chuchchuki 6. Shree Harsha (could be from north) 7. Sadananda yogindra 8. Lakshmiidhara kavi Coming to more recent times 9. Chardrashekara Bharati 10. Kanchikaama koti 11. Swami Tapovanam 12. Swami Sivananda 13. Swami Chinmayananda 14. Swami Ranganathananda 15. Swami Dayananda Saraswati To name a few that I can remember. There are other greate vedantins not necessorily of the adviata tradition Ramanuja Chaarya, Madvachaarya, Vallabhaa charya, Vedanta Deshika (originally known as Venkata Natha and who is the author of shata dhuushhanii, vadahalai aachaarya), Manavaal Mahamuni(tengalai achaarya), Narayana Theertha, Jayatheertha (also known in the dvaita community as Tika charya - author of the famous book Nyaaya Sudha. >From the Buddhistic philosophy - the greate Nagarjuna also hails from Andhra who formulated the maadhyamika philosophy. In telugu - there is famous song by the famous composer Tyagaraaja - who wrote yendaroo mahaanubhaavulu andariiki vandanaalu -There are many many great sages - and my prostrations to all of them -says Tyagaraaja. I cannot but bow down to all these great masters who left behind their scholarly works for the benefit of the Generations to come. It is our obligation to these sages at least study and understand and pass it to our next generation the greatest wealth that they have provided. Hari Om! Sadananda --- "S. Sundara Rajan" <yesyesrin wrote: > Pranams > > I read some where that there were three famous Dravidians ( or from > Dravida desa) who professed advaita, one is Sankra Bhagavadpada, > second > is Srimad Appaya Dikishitar. The third person not known by name but > only through his quotations. I would like to know, does any member of > this group know this 'unknown' dravidian acharyaa? > > > > Sundara Rajan > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Shree Sundara Rajan, My apologies not reading your post clearly and understanding the question you posed. I only gave the list of the aachaarya's of the south - I am not sure what quatations you are referring to- if you give those I am sure our great expert, Shree Sunder, can find out in no time where they are coming from. Hari OM! Sadananda --- "S. Sundara Rajan" <yesyesrin wrote: > Pranams > > I read some where that there were three famous Dravidians ( or from > Dravida desa) who professed advaita, one is Sankra Bhagavadpada, > second > is Srimad Appaya Dikishitar. The third person not known by name but > only through his quotations. I would like to know, does any member of > this group know this 'unknown' dravidian acharyaa? > > > > Sundara Rajan > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Namaste, Upanishad Brahmendra was one such person (18th cent.). Regards, Sunder > > "S. Sundara Rajan" <yesyesrin> wrote:Pranams > > I read some where that there were three famous Dravidians ( or from > Dravida desa) who professed advaita, one is Sankra Bhagavadpada, second > is Srimad Appaya Dikishitar. The third person not known by name but > only through his quotations. I would like to know, does any member of > this group know this 'unknown' dravidian acharyaa? > > > > Sundara Rajan > > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : advaitin > Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "advaitin" on the web. > > > advaitin > > Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards, > Venkat. > > Sadgurubhyo Namah. > > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Pranams to all Thanks for the reply. i will come back to you with the text that I am quoting. i do not remember on what context the author was referring when he mentioned about 'Dravidian acharyas' S Rajan advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada> wrote: > Shree Sundara Rajan, > > My apologies not reading your post clearly and understanding the > question you posed. I only gave the list of the aachaarya's of the > south - > > I am not sure what quatations you are referring to- if you give those I > am sure our great expert, Shree Sunder, can find out in no time where > they are coming from. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 advaitin, "S. Sundara Rajan" <yesyesrin> wrote: > Pranams > > I read some where that there were three famous Dravidians ( or from > Dravida desa) who professed advaita, one is Sankra Bhagavadpada, second > is Srimad Appaya Dikishitar. The third person not known by name but > only through his quotations. I would like to know, does any member of > this group know this 'unknown' dravidian acharyaa? > > > > Sundara Rajan Namaste Upanishad Brahmendra was the third. He has written commentaries on all the 108 Upanishads. PraNAms to all advaitins profvk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 advaitin, "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk> wrote: > > Namaste > > Upanishad Brahmendra was the third. He has written commentaries on > all the 108 Upanishads. > Namaste, Some more interesting facts: http://www.sangeetham.com/others/archives/mdikshipilgrim6.php3 "..Upanishad Brahmendra was a prominent and greatly respected scholar, sannyasi and advaitin of Kanchipuram. He was a philosopher who had made the Upanishadic wisdom his own and also had to his credit commentaries on them. He was a great devotee of Lord Rama. Being a friend of Rama Brahmam, Tyagaraja's father, Upanishad Brahmendra it was who sent a shrImukham inviting Tyagaraja to Kanchipuram. He was also revered by the Dikshitar family. Muttuswami Dikshitar saw in Upanishad Brahmendra the answer to his deep desire of mastering the Upanishads and thus consolidating his knowledge. He accordingly requested the sannyasin to teach him the Upanishads which request the latter gladly agreed to. Upanishad Brahmendra, besides being a great scholar was a highly evolved tapasvi too. He could therefore explain the Upanishads to Dikshitar not only theoretically but also through the broad spectrum of his practical wisdom and experience. His intuitive perception and the spiritual insights he had gained through his own sAdhana enabled Dikshitar to master the Upanishads. Upanishad Brahmendra requested Dikshitar to tune his work rAma aShTapadi which he had composed in praise of his favourite deity. Dikshitar composed the music for this work which unfortunately is lost and therefore not available to music lovers..." Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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