Guest guest Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Respected members I would like to know about saptashati bhasyam. Is there any book / literature like this. If it is there can you tell me its availability. With warm regards Subramanya HC Hassan karnataka Now, send attachments up to 25MB with India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail./photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Dear Subbu, Swami Sivananda Saraswati of Divine Life Society (DLS) had published a small commentary on Devi Mahatmyam. Swami Krishnananda Saraswathi & Swami Krishnananda Saraswati both belonging to the same order of DLS have commented on Chandi. Swami Karapatri Maharaj (Hariharananda Saraswati) has written short commentary on Chandi which is available. Sri S.Sankaranarayan (a disiciple of Sri TV Kapali Sastry of Aurobindo Ashram) has published a commentary on Chandi which is also a commendable task. It is a wonderful book which and can be found it Pondichery Ashram. If you can understand sanskrit, there is no greater book than the Bhaskaraya's commentary on it which is called " Gupthavathi " . Motilal Banarasi Das / Chowkhamba Publishers have printed it. Apart from Bhaskararaya's commentary, it has 6 more commentaries by various scholars. If you know telugu, then Sadhana Grandha Mandali of Tenali, Andhra Pradesh has printed 4 volumes of Sapthasathi with beautiful commentary by Sri Sriyanandanatha (Eswara Sathyanarayana Sarma of Srikakulam), a great srividyopasaka. Shri Eswara Satyanarayana was a rare gem which Andhra desa has produced in recent times. His commentary on Sapthasathi is based on bengali work " Chandi Rahasya " by a great tantrika scholar of Northern India Pandit Shiva Narayana Sharma. This Chandi Rahasya is an attempt to correlate Navakshari with Gayatri and details out certain mantra rahasyas in Chandi. There is also a good work on Chandi Mahatmya called " chaNDikopAsti dIpIka " by the Muttadhipati of Sankeshwara Mutt of Belgaum. This upasana paddhati is followed by Karavira Mutt of Kolhapur & Belgaum. Apart from these, the Rahasya Tantra was prescribed by Shri Gangadharendra Subramanya Bharati & Shri Abhinava Gangadharendra Subramanya Bharati of Sringeri Sivaganga Mutt. Shri Chidanandanatha of Guhananda Mandali has translated the Guptavati of Bhaskara Makhin in Tamil. But my advice is to read the Chandi sincerely with meanings (as given in Gita Press, Gorakhpur / Ramakrishna Mutt) without trying to know the rahasya arthas. First try to *enjoy* the *divine leelas* of Devi and concentrate on Chandi Navarna Mantra. Shri Nilakantha Dikshitar advices us not to analyse kavyas from the angle of tarka lest we might *miss* subtle message that the poet going to convey. So, adopt the method of honey bee and try to tap the madhu (rasA) from a beautiful flower called *Chandi Sapthasathi* and move on without getting entangled too much into the *sabda jAla mahAraNya*. with regs, hrIm namah chanDikAyai, sriram , subramanya h c <subba_mce wrote: > > Respected members > > I would like to know about saptashati bhasyam. Is there any book / literature like this. If it is there can you tell me its availability. > > With warm regards > > Subramanya HC > Hassan karnataka > > > > Now, send attachments up to 25MB with India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail./photos > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 namaste Sriram, Thanks for this detailed and wonderful reply. I will add this to our frequently asked questions section. In Chennai - Sri Dr. Krishnamurthy Sastrigal taught guptavati with six other commentaries to a group of students. It was recorded and I have access to few of the DSS files. I do not know if they formally released it or not. I will find this out. Thanks again. Ravi On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:36 AM, babi <sriram_sapthasathiwrote: > Dear Subbu, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 respected Sir Its really a great and detailed reply. Thanks a lot for this. I was told by some person that there is a work from shri shankarachara bhagavatpaadacharya on the same topic. This was the reason for me to ask about the bhashyam. I sincerely assure you that I your guidelines will be followed with at most respect PranaamaaH Subramanya Hassan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 subramanya h c wrote: > respected Sir > > Its really a great and detailed reply. Thanks a lot for this. > > I was told by some person that there is a work from shri shankarachara bhagavatpaadacharya on the same topic. > > This was the reason for me to ask about the bhashyam. I sincerely assure you that I your guidelines will be followed with at most respect > > PranaamaaH > Subramanya > Hassan > > AFAIK Sri Sankara did not write a bhaashhya on this. Often many texts are attributed incorrectly to Sri Sankara and modern scholars dispute such attributions. However, even in the collected works of Sri Sankara, there is no reference to this commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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