Plans for Creating a Monograph on Chithra Paddhathi of Swamy Desikan's Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram

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Sri:

 

Sri MalOla Dhivya PaadhukAbhyAm nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sriman NaarAyaNa PaadhukAs (Swamy NammAzhwAr) :

 

adiyEn would like to share with you recent communication

between adiyEn and Sri Sriram SrinivAsan , the creator of

Sripedia archives to house the postings of Oppiliappan , Raama Bhakthi

and Sri Ranga Sri (http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia ) and Microsites on

Yajur SaakhA SandhyA Vandhanam , Sri VenkatEswara AshtOttharam et al

( What is New section in the above URL ) .

 

Sri Sriram SrinivAsan has been exceptionally generous with his time and

computer expertise to help archive source material for the aasthikA

community . It is my bhAgyam to work with him and benefit from his

significant experience with " Know How " to serve our community of

AasthikAs through Computer (Emerging Internet ) Technologies .

 

Sri Sriram and adiyEn concur now that the release of a Monograph

to bring out the genius of Swamy Desikan as a poet in creating

Chithra Paddhathi for Lord RanganAtha with its matchless Syllabic

and Geometric Mastery would be a valuable Kaimkaryam .

 

The current postings on Sei RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasrams

1008 slOkams including the FOUTY SLOKAMS of CHITHRA PADDHATHI

are already there in the Sripedia archives :

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps

 

We plan to add to the current content of Chithra Paddhathi there with

AchArya anugraha BhAshaNams, detailed comments on the brilliant

(audacious) geometrical matrix frame work behind the words of

the 40 slOkams of the Chitra Paddhathi :

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/chitra.html

 

The leaps of poetic imagination and the incomparable skills in

constructing the slOkams in different kinds of Chithra paddhathi

by Swamy Desikan would be of interest not only to our SampradhAyins

but also to modern day Scientists and Engineers as well .

 

We need help in three specific areas to execute this project :

 

1. A skilled Graphic artist in India or overseas with Photoshop

skills to construct the Chitrams (Yanthrams) .

 

2. An Editor in India with excelent editing skills and knowledge of

Sanskrit

to edit the prepared texts , fix any errors in writing , spelling and

syntax .

 

3. An India-based aasthika familiar with the publishing world , who could

present proof read galleys to appropriate publisher and get them

published in the book form .

 

Please let me know of your interests to take part in this kaimkaryam in

any one of the above three areas to bring this book out . Your financial

support for realize this book would also be welcome .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvaigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

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> Dear Sri Sadagopan:

>

> With your notes, translation and content, and my rough sketches

> on sripedia, if the following additional skills could be brought

> to bear, I think producing a quality book would be quite feasable.

 

> If you are familiar with individuals who fit the above description

> that would be great, it may also be a good idea to send out a

> solicitation on the e-lists for such skills.

>

> Thanks

> S. Sriram

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>> SrI:

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>> -

>> " S. Sriram " <ajiva_rts

>> " Sadagopan " <sgopan

>> Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:07 AM

>> padhuka bandham

>>

>>

>> > Dear Sri Sadagopan:

>> >

>> > I came across some scanned images of the various chitra paddathi

>> > slokas , I have added the padhuka bandham.

>> > http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/rps/chitra-padhuka.html

>> >

>> > There are a couple more images viz. Slokas 941 & 942 that I plan

>> > on adding.

>> >

>> > Once that is added, what I might consider doing is detailing all the 50

>> > Chitra paddathi slokas with an indication of each slokas special

> syllabic mastery.

>> >

>> > With that the Chitra Paddathi would be complete. It occurs to me that

>> > the syllabic symmetry and geometric mastery of the Chitra Paddathi

>> > might have enough crossover (i.e. beyond the immediate srivaishnava

>> > community) appeal to a broader Indian community that it may warrant

>> > as one of your mails suggested the printing of a book. It would not

>> > be too large maybe about 100-150 pages as opposed to the whole

>> > Padhuka Sahasram which may well be over 1,000 pages.

>> >

>> > Thanks

>> > S. Sriram