Purusha karam: Part I

[Guest guest]

Dear SrImathi Jayasree Saranathan:

 

You have touched upon a subject of deep meaning

and significance to SrI VaishNavAs .

 

I will be delighted to take up the challenge implicit in

the definition and the profound meanings of the word

PursushakAram with in the limits of my mandha mathi

based on AchArya SrI Sookthis. At the outset , let me

acknowledge that AchAryAs are the most appropriate ones

for authoritative explanation . Please bear with me for that reason.

 

The details on theexplanations about PurushakAram

is being sent by a subsequent (companion ) mail.

 

V.Sadagopan

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"jasn sn" <jayasartn

<tiruvenkatam>; <oppiliappan>

Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:23 AM

Purusha karam

 

 

> SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

>

> I request the bhagavathas to enlighten me regarding

> the doubts given below.

>

> (1) Which is right, Purusha kAram or PurushA kAram?

> (Is sha dheergam?)

> I raise this doubt because though I find the word as

> purusha kAram in Shree vachana bhoshanam and

> Mumukshuppadi and their respective moola urai written

> in manipravala nadai, I find this word written as

> purushA kAram (with sha in dheergam) in Tamil

> translations and explanations. (I refer to Alliance

> publications in Tamil.)

>

> (2) Are these two words inter-changeable?

> If not, what is the meaning of PurushA kAram?

> I would also like to know the Sanskrit derivative of

> this term.

>

> (2) Mumukshuppadi tells about 'pEru' being derived

> from Peria piratti (in dhwayam) (verse 118). In

> Manavala mamunigal vyakhyanam I find the explanation

> as 'purushArtha lAbham'. What is pushArtha lAbham and

> is it connected with the root meaning of purusha

> kAram?

>

> Regards,

> Jayasree Saranathan