SrI bhAshyam.

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In the attached note that I sent out two days back, highly

recommending a book on SrI bhAshyam, I had mentioned that SrI Putur

svAmi had done an excellent 'translation' of the samskRt work by SrI

KozhiyAlam Srinivasacharya svAmi. Actually SrI Puttur svAmi has done

an excellent 'elaboration' (tamizh vivaraNam) based on SrI Kozhiyalam

svAmi's samskRt work. He has actually added the pramANa-s from the

upanishads, with proper references, etc., and explained SrI

Kozhiyalam svAmi's work in the form of samskRt Sloka-s (somewhat like

adhikaraNa sArAvaLi). All the other statements I made (that the

tamizh work is excellent and very readable etc.) are still true, but

I had unintentionally omitted to note that SrI Puttur svAmi's

contribution is more than mere translation. Sorry for the error on

my part. The book is an excellent work as noted in my earlier mail.

 

-dAsan krishnamachari

 

I have come across an excellent book on SrI bhAshyam, and wanted to

share the information with others who might benefit from this book.

The book is titled "SArIrakArikAvaLi", and is published by Puttur SrI

Krishnaswamy Iyengar svAmi. The original text is in samskRt, and is

by SrI Kozhialam Srinivasachariar svAmi. The book includes the

tamizh translation by SrI Puttur svAmi. The tamizh translation is in

simple, readable tamizh. While I am not qualified to claim that I

have the knowledge to understand SrI bhAshyam, I honestly believe

that the material is written in very-easy-to understand language, and

I strongly recommend the book to those who would like to get a high

level introduction to bhagavad rAmAnuja's exposition of the brahma

sUtra-s. Some exposure to the upanishads will be an advantage while

reading the book. I hopr the book is still in print and available

from SrI Puttur svAmi.

 

-dAsan Krishnamachari