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Swamin Shriman Krishnan Muralidharan Swamy's mail i have given below. The doubt is Why Namavali,Ashtothram and Sahasranamam differs from one DD to another. One is based on Padma Puranam, another one is based on Agni Puranam, Skanda Puranam and so on. All are vishnu Temples. Is there any specific Namavali,Ashtothram and Sahasranamam for each DD. Is anyone pl clarify this.DasanThirukkudanthai K.S.Jegennaathan098412 36647

Krishnan Muralidharan

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Re: Divya Desam

ks.jegennaathan

Monday, 28 December, 2009, 7:51 AM

Dear Sri. Jegannathan,

 

Greetings and namaste. I

have seen your articles on Divya Desams via Dinam Oru Divya Desam and they are

very informative.

 

I was wondering whether you

also collect (or have information on) the specific stotras or archanas used in

various Divya Desams - including those which are not part of 108 Divya Desams?

 

I ardently collect rare

stutis, ashtottarams and Sahasrnama stotras on various deities and let me give

a few of my experiences:

 

1. Recently I had the

opportunity to donate some money towards Swami Kaingarya for Thirumeyyam

temple. I learnt from the Bhattachariar that they use Satyamurthy Ashtottaram

for archana (the normal being Krishna Ashtottaram) which is available in

Brahmanda Puranam. I do have the mula of Brahmanda Puraanam published by Motilal

Banarsidas but I am unable to find any reference to Satya kshetra. I have

requested the Bhattachariar to translate the grantha lipi he has into Tamil and

send it to me.

 

2. When I had darshan at

Thirukkovilur a few months back, I learnt that they another ashtottaram known

as Narayana Ashtottaram. The Bhattachariar was not able to pinpoint the source

of this. I am not sure whether there could be another Narayana Sahasranama

somewhere.

 

3. I had darshan at Sri. Parashurama Temple in Kovalam near Thiruvananthapuram

a couple of years back. I enquired whether they had specific Parashurama

Ashtottaram or Sahasranama but the Bhattachariar mentioned that they use only

Vishnu Ashtottaram/Sahasranama. But I recently learnt from internet sources

that a Parashurama/Bhargava Sahasranama exists and a manuscript is available in

Bikaner

library. When I searched for the source, it is mentioned that this Sahasranama

is from Agni Puran. Again, I could not find any reference to Parashurama in

Agni Puranam moola I have (published by Chowkhamba).

 

4. So far, I have come

across about 10-12 different ashottarams on Vishnu and about 20 Sahasranama

Stotras. I presume there will be many more and it is quite possible that some

of the divya desams have their own ashtottarams and Sahasranamas (and also for

Thayar). To cite an example, Srimushnam has a separate Bhuvaraha Ashtottaram

and Ambjuavalli Ashtottaram for Thayar. The Varaha Sahasranama of Skanda Purana

is on Srimushnam only.

 

If you have any information

or any rare stotra, will it be possible to share with me or point me to some

learned scholars who might have this information?

 

Thanks & Regards,

Muralidharan

Krishnan Muralidharan

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Re: Re: Divya Desam

"Jegennaathan K.S." <ks.jegennaathan,

"Kinchitkaram Trust" <kinchitkaram

Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 3:44 AM

Dear

Swamin,

 

Namaste. A

couple of more points in this regard;

 

1. Certain

temples seem to have their ashtottarams which are not used any where else -

e.g. Guruvayur (Vatapura); for Srirangam, apparently Thayar has a separate Ashtottaram

(Ranganayika Ashtottaram based on Sri Suktam) but not sure whether Perumal has

a separate; similarly, I recently came across a Vittala Ashottaram said to be

from Padma Puran - I presume this is meant Pandharipur in Maharashtra (but I am

unable to locate this in Padma Puran).

 

The first

line of the Vittala Ashtottaram goes like this:

 

shrutvA

nAma sahasram me viTTalasya mahAnvitam |

 

This

suggests that the preceding chapter could have been a Sahasranama on Vittala -

but as I said I not able to find both in Padma Puran. I even wrote to Gita

Press (who published this Shatanama Stotra Sangraha) but they don't have any

clue.

 

2. I also

know that the following sahasranamas exist but unable to locate them secure a

copy of them:

 

a.

Dhanvantari Sahasranama

b.

Satyanarayana Sahasranama - I have this in a namavali form - akArAdi

kshakAranta - in alphabetical order but unable to know the source of this.

c.

Purushottama Sahasranama - said to be composed by Vallabhacharya

 

3. I am not

able to understand why certain stutis attributed to purans are not to be found

in the purans. To give some examples;

a. The

Varaha Sahasranama is said to be from Skanda Purana - but I found another rare

Vishnu Sahasranama but not Varaha Sahasranama

b. Nrusimha

Sahasranama is said to be from Nrusimha Purana but it is not found in the

printed version

c.

Venkatesha Sahasranama is said to be from Brahmanda Purana but again I don't

see it in my moola

d.

Venkatesha Ashottaram is said to be from Varaha Puran but I don't see any

rereference about Tirupati in the copy I have published by Motilal Banarsidas.

e.

Ashtadashabhuja Mahalakshmi Sahasranama is said to be from Padma Puran but I am

yet to locate it.

 

Thanks

& Regards,

Muralidharan

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