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Dear members,

 

Shri Bhashyam Swamigal of Sringeri has written “Shri Jagatguru Sankaracharya

Laghu Puja Paddhatihâ€. Alongwith with that, he has also compiled

Sankaracharya Trishati, Ashtottara, Sankaracharya Sahasranamavalih, Vidyaranya

Ashtottara Namavali and some other stotrams. Shri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal

has graced me this small book of Bhashyam Swamigal during my visit to Sringeri.

 

If possible, I will post the “Sankaracharya Laghu Puja Paddhatih†on

Ambaal Forum (if time permits) for the benefit of followers of Sankara

Sampradaya so that they can perform the simple puja to Acharya Sankara during

Sankara Jayanti .

 

Given below is the “Vidyaranya Ashtottara Namavali†which could be used

during Vidyaranya Jayanti. Needless to say, Shri Vidyaranya is our

prAthahsmaraNIyA, who apart from the founder minister of Hampi Vijayanagara

Empire was also the acharya of Sringeri Pita.

 

shrI vidyAraNya aShttotara shatanAmAvalih

 

 

Om vidyAraNyamahAyoginE namah

Om mahAvidyAprakAshakAya namah

Om shrIvidyAnagaroddhartrE namah

Om vidyAratnamahodadhayE namah

Om ramAyaNamahAsaptakotimantraprakAshakAya namah

Om shrIdEvIkaruNApUrNAya namah

Om paripUrNamanorathAya namah

Om virUpAkShamahAkShEtrasvarNavriShTiprakalpAya namah

Om vEdatrayollasatbhAShyakartrE namah

Om tattvA(a)rthakovidAya namah

Om bhagavatpAdanirNItasiddhAntasthApanaprabhavE namah

Om varNA(a)(a)shramasAravidE namah

Om nigamA(a)gamavyavasthAtrE namah

Om shrImatkarNATakarAjashrIrAjyasimhAsanapradAya namah

Om shrImadbukkamahIpAlarAjyapaTTAbhiShEkakritE namah

Om achAryakritabhAShyA(a)(a)digranthavrittiprakalpAya namah

Om sakalopaniShadbhAshyadIpikA(a)(a)diprakAshakritE namah

Om sarvashAstrArthatattvajnAya namah

Om mantrashAstrA(a)bdhimantharAya namah

Om vidwanmaNishirahshlAghyabahugranthavidhyAyakAya namah

Om sAraswatasamuddhartrE namah

Om sArA(a)sAravichakShaNAya namah

Om shroutasmArtasadA(a)(a)chArasaMsthApanadhuraMdharAya namah

Om vEdashAstrabahirbhUtadurmatAM(a)hodhishoShakAya namah

Om durvAdigarvadAvA(a)gnayE namah

Om pratipakShEbhakEsariNE namah

Om yashojaivAtrkajotsnAprakAshitadigantarAya namah

Om aShTA(a)MgayoganiShnAtAya namah

Om sAmkhyayogavishAradAya namah

Om rAjA(a)dhirAjasaMdohapUjyamAnapadA(a)MbujAya namah //(30)//

 

//………to be continued…….//

 

With regards,

sriram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A few more historic notes of Sri Vidyaranya:

 

1) it is believed that Sayanacharya was a brother of V.

2) they had another brother and the trio lived in poverty

3) V carried out upaasana of Gayathri, and was frustrated altogether during the

course of few years. He moved to wooded area and continued his sadhanaa. At one

point, out of desperation, he decided to gave up his life for a Darshan of

Gayathri. At the critical moment, his prayers were answerd. He prayed for  " rain

of gold and honey " on the land and for Dharmarakshana. The boon was granted.That

was the place where the capital of vijyanagara empire is said to have been built

and literally gold, pearls, and natural bounties were sold on the streets of

that empire city.

4) In his  later days, he entered into an intellectual challenge with Sri

Akshobya teertha of Sri Madhwacharya (Dwaita) lineage. A. was also old and they

had a common friend,Sri Nigamantha Desika. The vivadha took place  in the

historic university at Mulubhagalu.  A.  went into a cave in that mutt and

prayed to Yoga narasimha. He started drawing the bhimbham of Sri Yoga Narasimha

with an angaara - or coal piece used for aarathi. for a few weeks the debate

went on and by the blessings of Narasimha,  Desika declared A. to be the winner.

The contentious breakthrough was for the Dwaitha vs Advaita interpretation of  :

tat tvam asee, a brahma vaakya. It is said that V. remained a friend of Desika

and Akshobya seers until his death.  A vijaya sthamba was erected and STILL

STANDS ON A HILLOCK at mulubhagalu as a witness to the diversity of intellectual

and religious thoughts of that time.

4)  V. was given a promise in his tapas that the hindu dharma saamrajya will

hold for a few thousand years if everything starts at a given muhuurtha.  But

history will tell us that it did not.  The muhurthaa would get screwed up by

miscommunication (messaging by shouting) between V and his disciples. Later, V

would read the charts and declare that the samraajya would not last more than

400 years because the muhurthaa was missed. It did not.

5) as a mentor for a great hindu dharma rejuvination, a brother and elder of

Sayanaa, a rajarishi of initial vijyanagara kings, a peer  of great saints in

dark times  of religious oppression, a leader of advaita peetam, Vidhyaranya was

a pioneer for modern hindu religion and saastra.

 

My respects to him.

 

-gopal

 

--- On Fri, 11/14/08, venkata sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

venkata sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

Vidyaranya Ashtottara Satanamavalih (Part - 1)

 

Friday, November 14, 2008, 8:43 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear members,

 

 

 

Shri Bhashyam Swamigal of Sringeri has written “Shri Jagatguru Sankaracharya

Laghu Puja Paddhatih”. Alongwith with that, he has also compiled Sankaracharya

Trishati, Ashtottara, Sankaracharya Sahasranamavalih, Vidyaranya Ashtottara

Namavali and some other stotrams. Shri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal has graced

me this small book of Bhashyam Swamigal during my visit to Sringeri.

 

 

 

If possible, I will post the “Sankaracharya Laghu Puja Paddhatih” on Ambaal

Forum (if time permits) for the benefit of followers of Sankara Sampradaya so

that they can perform the simple puja to Acharya Sankara during Sankara Jayanti

..

 

 

 

Given below is the “Vidyaranya Ashtottara Namavali” which could be used during

Vidyaranya Jayanti. Needless to say, Shri Vidyaranya is our prAthahsmaraNIyA,

who apart from the founder minister of Hampi Vijayanagara Empire was also the

acharya of Sringeri Pita.

 

 

 

shrI vidyAraNya aShttotara shatanAmAvalih

 

 

 

 

 

Om vidyAraNyamahAyogin E namah

 

Om mahAvidyAprakAshakA ya namah

 

Om shrIvidyAnagaroddha rtrE namah

 

Om vidyAratnamahodadha yE namah

 

Om ramAyaNamahAsaptako timantraprakAsha kAya namah

 

Om shrIdEvIkaruNApUrNA ya namah

 

Om paripUrNamanorathAy a namah

 

Om virUpAkShamahAkShEt rasvarNavriShTip rakalpAya namah

 

Om vEdatrayollasatbhAS hyakartrE namah

 

Om tattvA(a)rthakovidA ya namah

 

Om bhagavatpAdanirNIta siddhAntasthApan aprabhavE namah

 

Om varNA(a)(a)shramasA ravidE namah

 

Om nigamA(a)gamavyavas thAtrE namah

 

Om shrImatkarNATakarAj ashrIrAjyasimhAs anapradAya namah

 

Om shrImadbukkamahIpAl arAjyapaTTAbhiSh EkakritE namah

 

Om achAryakritabhAShyA (a)(a)digranthav rittiprakalpAya namah

 

Om sakalopaniShadbhAsh yadIpikA( a)(a)diprakAshak ritE namah

 

Om sarvashAstrArthatat tvajnAya namah

 

Om mantrashAstrA( a)bdhimantharAya namah

 

Om vidwanmaNishirahshl Aghyabahugrantha vidhyAyakAya namah

 

Om sAraswatasamuddhart rE namah

 

Om sArA(a)sAravichakSh aNAya namah

 

Om shroutasmArtasadA( a)(a)chArasaMsth ApanadhuraMdharA ya namah

 

Om vEdashAstrabahirbhU tadurmatAM( a)hodhishoShakAy a namah

 

Om durvAdigarvadAvA( a)gnayE namah

 

Om pratipakShEbhakEsar iNE namah

 

Om yashojaivAtrkajotsn AprakAshitadigan tarAya namah

 

Om aShTA(a)MgayoganiSh nAtAya namah

 

Om sAmkhyayogavishArad Aya namah

 

Om rAjA(a)dhirAjasaMdo hapUjyamAnapadA( a)MbujAya namah //(30)//

 

 

 

//………to be continued…….//

 

 

 

With regards,

 

sriram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, Gopal Gopinath <gopal_gopinath

wrote:

 

>> 4) In his  later days, he entered into an intellectual challenge

with Sri Akshobya teertha of Sri Madhwacharya (Dwaita) lineage. A.

was also old and they had a common friend,Sri Nigamantha Desika. The

vivadha took place  in the historic university at Mulubhagalu.  A. 

went into a cave in that mutt and prayed to Yoga narasimha. He

started drawing the bhimbham of Sri Yoga Narasimha with an angaara -

or coal piece used for aarathi. for a few weeks the debate went on

and by the blessings of Narasimha,  Desika declared A. to be the

winner. The contentious breakthrough was for the Dwaitha vs Advaita

interpretation of  : tat tvam asee, a brahma vaakya. It is said that

V. remained a friend of Desika and Akshobya seers until his death.  A

vijaya sthamba was erected and STILL STANDS ON A HILLOCK at

mulubhagalu as a witness to the diversity of intellectual and

>>religious thoughts of that time.

 

Looks like a one-sided story to me. Sometimes it is brought up by

dvaitins to prove their superiority. As though people of shankara

tradition are not nR^isiMha upAsaka-s....

Anyway it is just another " story " .

 

 

>> 4)  V. was given a promise in his tapas that the hindu dharma

saamrajya will hold for a few thousand years if everything starts at

a given muhuurtha.  But history will tell us that it did not.  The

muhurthaa would get screwed up by miscommunication (messaging by

shouting) between V and his disciples. Later, V would read the charts

and declare that the samraajya would not last more than 400 years

>>because the muhurthaa was missed. It did not.

 

 

According to another version he was about to inscribe a bhuvaneshvarI

yantra to make that empire long lasting and invited a famous

astrologer from kAshi and they decided that the astrologer will blow

his conch at the right time so that V can start inscribing this

bhuvaneshvari yantra. But unfortunately V confused a certain jangama

blowing his conch as the muhurta and later when he hears another he

gets disappointed and declares that because of this the empire will

only last a few hundred years.

 

 

 

> Shri Bhashyam Swamigal of Sringeri has written " Shri Jagatguru

>Sankaracharya Laghu Puja Paddhatih " . Alongwith with that, he has

>also compiled Sankaracharya Trishati, Ashtottara, Sankaracharya

>Sahasranamavalih, Vidyaranya Ashtottara Namavali and some other

>stotrams.

 

 

Ofcourse everyone fondly remembers and pay their prespects to great

people in their tradition but I am not sure what will people get out

of reciting V ashtottara or Shankaracharya trishati or sahasranama?

 

That is just going to ati. And funny that they criticise people of

ati-mArga..lol

 

May be AchArya and V are best pleased by someone sincerely performing

nitya karma-s, intense upAsana, and strengthing dharma rather than

with somebody who spends an hour with laghu or bR^ihat Shankaracharya

pUja paddhati and reciting AchArya sahasranama!!

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Dear Satish,

 

I have to apologize for some typos and syntax issues with my  previous mail - i

forgot to edit it.

 

4)  the point was not about Nrsimha upaasana for all said! The yoga narasimha

cave with a bhimbam of Sri Nrisimha  is still there at the Mulubagalu mutt where

Sri SriPadaraya's moola brindavanaa is located. Sri Padaraya was another

Raja Guru of Chaluva kings of vijayanagara empire who reinstated vaideeka karma

paddhathi at Tirumala along with his disciple Sri Vyaasaraja.

 

Now, why it should always be looked as  a fight  to death if an advaithin and

dwaithin debate? According to the historical notes,the a dwaithi and an advaithi

debated with a visishtadvaithi as the judge. They all separated as friends. 

Sanathana Dharma survived. Why to add colors and shades and arguments? Each of

the three involved were giants of their times, pillars of modern hindu

rejuvenation. why should one have to have been  correct while others  wrong?

 

I sometimes dont understand the  strokes of brush you use to color historical

and sastric events - whatever the level of evidence they may have.  Between

black and white, there is a very big valley of gray and most of us fall in that 

region!

 

A vijyasthamba stands at Mulubagalu - as usual uncared for with inscriptions and

a date.  Three seers came together and talked  their hearts and brain out.

Nothing negative came out and only good things happened after that. Why should

we start interpreting this historical incident as one school is putting down

another etc. Why can't this be looked with a bit of objectivity and regarded as

it  is worth?

 

5)  Kasi  astrologer - conch version: I have  heard of it  too  in many places 

but did not want belabor on it. Thanks.

 

The fact  is that Vidyaranya had a monumental role in establishing a barricade

to the sway of muslim rulers who extended their political prowess to the

religion domain too in south india in 1400's.

 

Regarding Ashtothra:  I have no comments. As much as I am not an advaiti or

admirer of sayanaa's interpretation of Rig Veda,  I have enormous respects to

both of them. Even now with just active 50-60 active members in a list meant of

Ambaal devotees,  we have 100 versions of sastraas and countless arguments. That

too, I would guess only 10% would have done a proper adhyayana of sastras WITH

meaning. Imagine 600 years back the plight of Sayanaa to gather the

interpretations, practice,  schools of thought and debate etc. in spite of

fanaticism of black and white painters all over India to compile his commentary

of Rg Veda. Those were the times when there were no  common portal for exchange

and one huge tsunami of muslim invasion.   If two persons can achieve an Empire

and a

commentary of Rg veda in spite of these things, they deserve my respects,

so as to say.

 

-gopal

 

 

--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Satish <satisharigela wrote:

Satish <satisharigela

Re: Vidyaranya Ashtottara Satanamavalih (Part - 1)

 

Friday, November 14, 2008, 10:32 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ .com, Gopal Gopinath <gopal_gopinath@

....>

 

wrote:

 

 

 

>> 4) In his  later days, he entered into an intellectual challenge

 

with Sri Akshobya teertha of Sri Madhwacharya (Dwaita) lineage. A.

 

was also old and they had a common friend,Sri Nigamantha Desika. The

 

vivadha took place  in the historic university at Mulubhagalu.  A. 

 

went into a cave in that mutt and prayed to Yoga narasimha. He

 

started drawing the bhimbham of Sri Yoga Narasimha with an angaara -

 

or coal piece used for aarathi. for a few weeks the debate went on

 

and by the blessings of Narasimha,  Desika declared A. to be the

 

winner. The contentious breakthrough was for the Dwaitha vs Advaita

 

interpretation of  : tat tvam asee, a brahma vaakya. It is said that

 

V. remained a friend of Desika and Akshobya seers until his death.  A

 

vijaya sthamba was erected and STILL STANDS ON A HILLOCK at

 

mulubhagalu as a witness to the diversity of intellectual and

 

>>religious thoughts of that time.

 

 

 

Looks like a one-sided story to me. Sometimes it is brought up by

 

dvaitins to prove their superiority. As though people of shankara

 

tradition are not nR^isiMha upAsaka-s... .

 

Anyway it is just another " story " .

 

 

 

>> 4)  V. was given a promise in his tapas that the hindu dharma

 

saamrajya will hold for a few thousand years if everything starts at

 

a given muhuurtha.  But history will tell us that it did not.  The

 

muhurthaa would get screwed up by miscommunication (messaging by

 

shouting) between V and his disciples. Later, V would read the charts

 

and declare that the samraajya would not last more than 400 years

 

>>because the muhurthaa was missed. It did not.

 

 

 

According to another version he was about to inscribe a bhuvaneshvarI

 

yantra to make that empire long lasting and invited a famous

 

astrologer from kAshi and they decided that the astrologer will blow

 

his conch at the right time so that V can start inscribing this

 

bhuvaneshvari yantra. But unfortunately V confused a certain jangama

 

blowing his conch as the muhurta and later when he hears another he

 

gets disappointed and declares that because of this the empire will

 

only last a few hundred years.

 

 

 

> Shri Bhashyam Swamigal of Sringeri has written " Shri Jagatguru

 

>Sankaracharya Laghu Puja Paddhatih " . Alongwith with that, he has

 

>also compiled Sankaracharya Trishati, Ashtottara, Sankaracharya

 

>Sahasranamavalih, Vidyaranya Ashtottara Namavali and some other

 

>stotrams.

 

 

 

Ofcourse everyone fondly remembers and pay their prespects to great

 

people in their tradition but I am not sure what will people get out

 

of reciting V ashtottara or Shankaracharya trishati or sahasranama?

 

 

 

That is just going to ati. And funny that they criticise people of

 

ati-mArga..lol

 

 

 

May be AchArya and V are best pleased by someone sincerely performing

 

nitya karma-s, intense upAsana, and strengthing dharma rather than

 

with somebody who spends an hour with laghu or bR^ihat Shankaracharya

 

pUja paddhati and reciting AchArya sahasranama! !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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> May be AchArya and V are best pleased by someone sincerely performing

> nitya karma-s, intense upAsana, and strengthing dharma rather than

> with somebody who spends an hour with laghu or bR^ihat Shankaracharya

> pUja paddhati and reciting AchArya sahasranama!!

>

>

 

 

Studying these works and understanding their meanings could be very

fruitful. I tried to understand 108 names of Acharya and posted long ago

in Advaita-l (http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/shankara108m.pdf). I

found that very helpful. In anything we do, we should strive to gain

insight and understanding. Otherwise, borrowing the words of

bhaaskaraaya, we will be like donkeys carrying sandalwood.

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Yes i too agree that one should follow the teachings instead of

chanting sahasranamas and doing pujas. What is the use of parayana

of Ramayana when we cannot imbibe the virtues of Rama!!

 

But this is also a way of Guru Aradhana for mandAdhikArIs!!

Nevertheless, atI sarvatra varjayEt...

 

regs,

sriram

 

, " Satish " <satisharigela wrote:

>

> , Gopal Gopinath <gopal_gopinath@>

> wrote:

>

> >> 4) In his  later days, he entered into an intellectual

challenge

> with Sri Akshobya teertha of Sri Madhwacharya (Dwaita) lineage. A.

> was also old and they had a common friend,Sri Nigamantha Desika.

The

> vivadha took place  in the historic university at Mulubhagalu. 

A. 

> went into a cave in that mutt and prayed to Yoga narasimha. He

> started drawing the bhimbham of Sri Yoga Narasimha with an

angaara -

> or coal piece used for aarathi. for a few weeks the debate went on

> and by the blessings of Narasimha,  Desika declared A. to be the

> winner. The contentious breakthrough was for the Dwaitha vs

Advaita

> interpretation of  : tat tvam asee, a brahma vaakya. It is said

that

> V. remained a friend of Desika and Akshobya seers until his

death.  A

> vijaya sthamba was erected and STILL STANDS ON A HILLOCK at

> mulubhagalu as a witness to the diversity of intellectual and

> >>religious thoughts of that time.

>

> Looks like a one-sided story to me. Sometimes it is brought up by

> dvaitins to prove their superiority. As though people of shankara

> tradition are not nR^isiMha upAsaka-s....

> Anyway it is just another " story " .

>

>

> >> 4)  V. was given a promise in his tapas that the hindu dharma

> saamrajya will hold for a few thousand years if everything starts

at

> a given muhuurtha.  But history will tell us that it did not.  The

> muhurthaa would get screwed up by miscommunication (messaging by

> shouting) between V and his disciples. Later, V would read the

charts

> and declare that the samraajya would not last more than 400 years

> >>because the muhurthaa was missed. It did not.

>

>

> According to another version he was about to inscribe a

bhuvaneshvarI

> yantra to make that empire long lasting and invited a famous

> astrologer from kAshi and they decided that the astrologer will

blow

> his conch at the right time so that V can start inscribing this

> bhuvaneshvari yantra. But unfortunately V confused a certain

jangama

> blowing his conch as the muhurta and later when he hears another

he

> gets disappointed and declares that because of this the empire

will

> only last a few hundred years.

>

>

>

> > Shri Bhashyam Swamigal of Sringeri has written " Shri Jagatguru

> >Sankaracharya Laghu Puja Paddhatih " . Alongwith with that, he has

> >also compiled Sankaracharya Trishati, Ashtottara, Sankaracharya

> >Sahasranamavalih, Vidyaranya Ashtottara Namavali and some other

> >stotrams.

>

>

> Ofcourse everyone fondly remembers and pay their prespects to

great

> people in their tradition but I am not sure what will people get

out

> of reciting V ashtottara or Shankaracharya trishati or sahasranama?

>

> That is just going to ati. And funny that they criticise people of

> ati-mArga..lol

>

> May be AchArya and V are best pleased by someone sincerely

performing

> nitya karma-s, intense upAsana, and strengthing dharma rather than

> with somebody who spends an hour with laghu or bR^ihat

Shankaracharya

> pUja paddhati and reciting AchArya sahasranama!!

>

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Namaste,

 

, Gopal Gopinath <gopal_gopinath

wrote:

> 4)  the point was not about Nrsimha upaasana for all said! The yoga

narasimha cave with a bhimbam of Sri Nrisimha  is still there at the

Mulubagalu mutt where Sri SriPadaraya's moola brindavanaa is located.

Sri Padaraya was another

> Raja Guru of Chaluva kings of vijayanagara empire who reinstated

vaideeka karma paddhathi at Tirumala along with his disciple Sri

>>Vyaasaraja.

 

 

The earlier post looked like it is trying to say that nR^isiMha's

grace is what helped him to win over V. Hence my response.

 

 

>

> Now, why it should always be looked as  a fight  to death if an

advaithin and dwaithin debate? According to the historical notes,the

a dwaithi and an advaithi debated with a visishtadvaithi as the

>>judge. They all separated as friends.

 

 

Simply because this is not what your earlier post said. It mentioned

AT as winner and a vijaya stambha erected for that. If your original

post is anything closer to above then I would have read and left it

there.

 

 

 

>>  Sanathana Dharma survived. Why to add colors and shades and

arguments? Each of the three involved were giants of their times,

pillars of modern hindu rejuvenation. why should one have to have

>>been  correct while others  wrong?

 

 

I dont think I said or suggested any of above.

 

 

>

>> I sometimes dont understand the  strokes of brush you use to color

historical and sastric events - whatever the level of evidence they

may have.  Between black and white, there is a very big valley of

>>gray and most of us fall in that  region!

 

What you have observed is not someone coloring or oxidising history

but a presentation from a different angle/perspective. See the last

para.

 

 

>

>> A vijyasthamba stands at Mulubagalu - as usual uncared for with

inscriptions and a date.  Three seers came together and talked  their

hearts and brain out. Nothing negative came out and only good things

happened after that. Why should we start interpreting this historical

incident as one school is putting down another etc. Why can't this be

>>looked with a bit of objectivity and regarded as it  is worth?

 

Why start something controversial and then downplay it? You did not

simply say they debated and left as freinds.

Your original post clearly mentioned that AT was declared *winner*.

What does that mean?

 

Please look at what you typed earlier:

**for a few weeks the debate

went on and by the blessings of Narasimha, Desika declared A. to be

the winner.**

 

To answer you other question during a thread a few months back:

Ask yourself what is wrong or objectionable about including occult

elements in understanding history. Even a high school student will

notice that occult practices are part of Indian life and an important

part. This is how it has been for millenia here. By ignoring this

angle you are limiting yourself in your understanding. Plainly

ignoring these does not make you a rational or an objective student

of history. I hope you understand what I am saying. To an extent it

is verifiable if not completely.

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Dear ravi,

 

Namaste. I have gone through the Sankara Ashtottara Namavalih and has

come up wonderfully. A small doubt. At the 105th name

ie., " sadrantagarbhahErambhApUjakAya namah " you mentioned about the

temple of Ratna Garbha Ganapathy Temple in Sringeri. But i did not

find it anywhere in Sringeri. There is Sakti Ganapati Temple in

Sringeri. Also there is Torana Ganapati and one more ganapati is

there is Malahanikareshwara Temple.

 

IMHO it might be that it is the Ratna Garbha Ganapati that is being

worshipped as a part of Panchayatana by Jagatgurus. The Ganapati in

the Panchayatana is called " Ratna Garbha Ganapati " as it is believed

that there is jewel embedded in this Ganapati. Apart from this, there

is Nrsimha Salagrama, Chandramoulishwara Linga and Sphatika

Sriyantra.

 

Please correct me if i am wrong.

 

With regards,

sriram

 

 

, MSR <abhayambika wrote:

>

>

> >

> > May be AchArya and V are best pleased by someone sincerely

performing

> > nitya karma-s, intense upAsana, and strengthing dharma rather

than

> > with somebody who spends an hour with laghu or bR^ihat

Shankaracharya

> > pUja paddhati and reciting AchArya sahasranama!!

> >

> >

>

>

> Studying these works and understanding their meanings could be very

> fruitful. I tried to understand 108 names of Acharya and posted

long ago

> in Advaita-l

(http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_pdf/shankara108m.pdf). I

> found that very helpful. In anything we do, we should strive to

gain

> insight and understanding. Otherwise, borrowing the words of

> bhaaskaraaya, we will be like donkeys carrying sandalwood.

>

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