Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 || Om Gurave Namah || Dear Karen, I too tried doing some search but so far I could not find enough references. Here is some web references. As for the Shiva Taandava stotra you can it find at http://sanskrit.gde.to/ http://lavanya.aros.net/sanskrit/all_pdf/shivTAND_meaning.pdf Also Gurudev Pt Sanjay Rath has written a jyotisha translation of Shiva Taandava stotra in Jyotish Digest. You can also refer to that, But as far as I remeber the JD Translation does not comment about dancing poses. You can refer the chapter indexes of the major puranas with synopsis translation at www.urday.com Also at http://www.shaivam.org/ The site refers to lot of Shiva stories from tamil text called Periya Puranam (Kinda Lit. Large History, a shiva encyclopedia) you can read http://siddhanta.shaivam.org//manata.html http://siddhanta.shaivam.org//ambalam.html Read a story where Lord shiva changed feet http://siddhanta.shaivam.org//ammadu.html Warm Regards S. Prabhakaran varahamihira , Karen Skoler <nykaren@o...> wrote: > l l Vyam Vyasadevaya Namah l l > > > Dear Sanjay P., > > Thanks for your comments about Nataraja's Tandava nritya. > It would be interesting to read more about his dances. I did a little research and learned that there are 7 kinds of dances he performs. I was trying to find an online copy of the Shiva Tandava Stotram in English ,but without luck. Do you know what other source material would have stories about Ganesha's and Shiva's dances? > > With best wishes, > Karen > > > > || Om Gurave Namah || > Dear Karen, > Namaste, I was just going to write about Nataraja in this regard and > you asked the question. I was thinking, Shiva does more than one type > of tANDava nritya(Dance). Dance signifies rhythmes and cycles in this > cosmos. Shiva is the lord of Dancing (His son lord Ganesha is also > very adept in dancing). Shiva rules 7th house, so Dancing comes from > 7th house. Seventh house is both house of desires and Maraka stana > the controlling house for death. Nataraja is seeked blessing by all > the dancing students. And also The Greatest Lord Shiva destroys the > universe with his taandava dance, the dance of destruction. It's very > difficult to comprehend his various types of dance. It would be a > great exercise if we could read about the stories of Lord Shiva and > Ganesha dances and seek blessings from their apt form. > > Warm Regards > S. Prabhakaran > Om Tat Sat > > > > varahamihira , Karen Skoler <nykaren@o...> > wrote: > > Namaste Sanjay P, > > > > Thanks for your reply and referring to Guru-ji's previous message. > I understand now that the differences in the raised legs refers to > the left and right hand path of worship of Ganesha. I recall Visti > mentioning the same thing about the position of the trunk. If I > recall correctly if the trunk points towards his left it is right > hand path and if it points towards the left it is right hand path. > Or in other words, when you are facing the image the body part > points in the direction of the path. > > > > In the same vein, I am wondering why the images of Nataraja > (Dancing Shiva) are depicted with the left- leg raised. > > It doesn't make sense to follow the same reasoning. I'm guessing > this is because Lord Shiva is not associated with granted enjoyments, > like Ganesha. > > > > > > Thanks again for your reply. > > > > With best wishes, > > Karen > > > > - > > sanjayprabhakaran > > varahamihira > > Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:37 AM > > |Sri Varaha| Re: Dancing Ganesha(Corrected) > > > > > > || Om Gurave Namah || > > Namaste Karen, > > In the last mail I reversed what I needed to write for Ganesha > and > > legs(Ketu Effect ). Here I have corrected it. > > > > To rephrase what Guruji has written in > > > > /message/4063 > > > > There are two sadhana's one left hand and the other right handed. > The > > left handed sadhana is for desires and right handed sadhana is for > > moksha and knowledge. Left handed sadhana is done in Krishna > Paksha > > and Right Handed sadhana is done in Shukla paksha. > > > > In case of legs it's reversed, something like body parts are > > controlled by apposite side of brain. The leg that bears the > weight > > denotes the purpose. So reversing we get left leg holding body > weight > > is for moksha and right leg holding the body weight is for > desires. > > > > Since the Ganesha is having the left leg raised The body weight > of > > Ganesha is resting on Right Leg which is very good granting > desires. > > I presume that for people with marriage related problem should > have > > the Ganesha standing on Left Leg and right leg lifted and the > opposite > > for Moksha and divine knowledge. Guruji and other learned members > can > > comment on this. > > > > -Warm Regards > > S. Prabhakaran > > Om Tat Sat > > > |Om Tat Sat| > http://www.varahamihira > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 l l Vyam Vyasadevaya Namah l l Dear Sanjay P, Thanks for passing along the links about the Shiva Tandava stotra and related Purana. They are very informative. With best regards, Karen || Om Gurave Namah ||Dear Karen,I too tried doing some search but so far I could not find enough references. Here is some web references.As for the Shiva Taandava stotra you can it find at http://sanskrit.gde.to/http://lavanya.aros.net/sanskrit/all_pdf/shivTAND_meaning.pdfAlso Gurudev Pt Sanjay Rath has written a jyotisha translation of Shiva Taandava stotra in Jyotish Digest. You can also refer to that, But as far as I remeber the JD Translation does not comment about dancing poses.You can refer the chapter indexes of the major puranas with synopsis translation at www.urday.comAlso athttp://www.shaivam.org/ The site refers to lot of Shiva stories from tamil text called Periya Puranam (Kinda Lit. Large History, a shiva encyclopedia)you can readhttp://siddhanta.shaivam.org//manata.htmlhttp://siddhanta.shaivam.org//ambalam.htmlRead a story where Lord shiva changed feet http://siddhanta.shaivam.org//ammadu.htmlWarm RegardsS. Prabhakaran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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