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Dear members,

 

Profles of some of the great scholars & tantrics of Kasi:

 

1) Pundit Nilakanth

 

A great scholar of tantra shastra who lived in Kasi in 17th century. Wrote a

commentary on Mahabharata by name *bharata-bhava-pradipa*. Wrote tika & tatparya

called *anuparama* on Siva Tandava Stotra. The ancestors of Nilakanth were from

Maharashtra but migrated to Pithapuram at Coastal Andhra. Father's name is

Govinda Suri and mother's name is Phullambika. Belonged to the Gowtamasa Gotra.

Patronized by Anusimha, the king of Bikaner. Some of his works: Vedanta

Kautukam, Mantra Sarirakam, Sivadvaita Nirnayam, Mantra Bhagavata Tika, Nama

Mantra Rahasya Prakasika,

Kasi Khanda, Ganesh Gita Tika

 

2) Pundit Raghava Bhatt

 

Belonged to 15 century. Father migrated from Nashik to Kasi. Shri Raghava Bhatt

was born in Kasi. A great scholar of tantra, mimamsa and patanjali mahabhashya.

Wrote a commentary on *Sarada Tilaka* which is famous by the name *Padartha

Darshana*. The famous work is Rama Charitra and Malati Madhavam

 

3) Pundit Mahidhara

 

Belonged to 16 century. Also known by the name Mahidasa. Belonged to Srivatsa

Gotra. Hailed from Ramnagar, a small village near Kasi. Father's name is Punu

Bhatt. A great scholar in vaidika and tantrika vidya. Wrote bhashya on Sukla

Yajurveda called *Veda Dipa*, wrote a tika on Katyayana Srauta Sutras. In 1588

AD, wrote a wonderful book on Mantra Shastra alongwith commentary called *Mantra

Mahodadhi* and *Nauka*. Wrote a gloss on Yoga Vashishta. His son was Kallana

who wrote *Bala Tantra*, a work on ayurveda.

 

4) Vidyanandanatha

 

Purva Ashrama nama is Shri Srinivasa Bhatt who hailed from a village Ananthagram

near Kanchipuram. Walked all the way to Jalandhar in search of guru and met

Shri Satchidanandanatha (Shri Suduracharya) - of *Lalitha Archana Chandrika

fame*. Undergone Purna Diksha from Shri Satchidanandanatha and got the diksha

nama Shri Vidyanandanatha. Settled in Kasi and composed following works:

Bhairava Archana Parijata, Saubhagya Ratnakara, Saparya Krama Kalpavalli,Siva

Archana Chandrika. His grandson Shri Janardana based on the above works

composed a work called *Mantra chandrika*.

 

5) Shambhu Bhatt

 

Belonged to 16 century. Was a disciple of one the greatest mimasa scholars in

Kasi by name Khanda Deva. Khanda Deva was the author of *Bhatta Dipika*, which

is considered to be hard nut to crack among mimamsakas. Shri Shambhu Bhatt

wrote a commentary to Bhatta Dipika with the name *Prabhavali*. Took turiya

asrama and got yoga patta *Sankarananda Saraswati*.

 

with regards,

sriram

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Sri Gurubhyon Namaha

                                      Dear Sriram Garu

                                                                 Can you list

some panditas and siddhas living currently, so that people like me can be make

use of it by seeing them when ever we get a chance, or can make a consious

effort to go and meet them , your help will be of immense help to me and others

 

Sri Kamakshi

Raghavender

 

 

 

 

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sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

 

Monday, May 18, 2009 7:46:06 PM

a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

 

 

 

 

 

Dear members,

 

Profles of some of the great scholars & tantrics of Kasi:

 

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Dear raghavender,

 

My personal contacts with the scholars & upasakas are very less. It was my

gurunatha who used to meet such srividya upasakas at Dakshinamurthy Mutt, Kali

Mutt, Karapatri swami mutt etc. at Kasi. One such paramahamsa he met during the

last visit before his passing away is at Naimisharanya. During my leisure time,

i will list out some of the scholars. But as of now, i would like to mention

one of the greatest scholars of tarka and mimamsa who is 88 years old. He hails

from Bengal and is a descendant of Rupa Goswami who was one of the disciples of

Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

 

His name is Mahamahomadhyaya Tarka Kesari Mimamsa Bhaskara Nitya Golokavasi

Vyakarana Visarada Pundita Haridasa Sastry who is in Brindavana now. At the age

of 15, he has mastered two schools of Nyaya ie., Jagadeesha & Gadadhara Bhatta

Nyaya, did the purascharana of Gayatri Mahamantra. Had his education at

Navadwipa and Kasi. A great upasaka of Radha-Krishna from the lineage of Shri

Rupa Goswami (Does not have the least trace of the fanatism of ISKON....). He

has reached such a spiritual height in Krishna Bhakti, it is said that during

the nights, his subtle body goes to Goloka and participates in the *Nitya Rasa

Krida*. For almost 6 hours in the morning, Shri Haridasa Sastry does the

go-seva. Inspite of his great scholarship, Shri Sastry is very unassuming

filled with simplicity.

 

If by chance, you go to Brindavan, do meet Shri Haridas Maharaj, as he is

usually called there. He belongs to the direct lineage of Shri Rupa Goswami, a

stauch devotee of Radha-Krishna, one of the greatest scholars of vyakarana &

nyaya. Shri Bharati Tirtha had conferred him the title *Tarka Kesari*.

 

with regs,

sriram

 

 

 

 

, raghavender ganti <rganti9 wrote:

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> Sri Gurubhyon Namaha

>                                       Dear Sriram Garu

>                                                                  Can you list

some panditas and siddhas living currently, so that people like me can be make

use of it by seeing them when ever we get a chance, or can make a consious

effort to go and meet them , your help will be of immense help to me and others

>

> Sri Kamakshi

> Raghavender

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

> sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

>

> Monday, May 18, 2009 7:46:06 PM

> a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

>

>

>

>

>

> Dear members,

>

> Profles of some of the great scholars & tantrics of Kasi:

>

> ...

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, " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi

> 4) Vidyanandanatha

>

> Purva Ashrama nama is Shri Srinivasa Bhatt who hailed from a village

Ananthagram near Kanchipuram. Walked all the way to Jalandhar in search of guru

and met Shri Satchidanandanatha (Shri Suduracharya) -

 

My mother's family was initiated by a descendant of Shri Vidyanandanatha from

the line of the same Janardhan Gosvamin whom you mention. They produced many

scholars who were active in Rajasthan and Mathura. My friend mentioned that the

South Indian descendants of the founding member of this family named

Samarapungava Dikshita were great Vedic and Tantrik Pandits in Dravid. Funnily

he was telling me that his family had some relationship to the south Indian

branch and members of his family had received Tantrik diksha from them. It is

interesting that this one family was active all over the country in Shrividya

and other tantrik sadhanas. Another great Tantrik from this family was Pandit

Shivanand who a scholar on many topics. His descendants maintained the Anup

Sanskrit library in Bikaner. There was a Hindi booklet named Mathura Bhatta

parampara aur itihas that gives details about this family.

Rajita

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Respected rajitha,

 

The only thing i can say in ecstasy is that blessed is your lineage and blessed

you are to have such parents. Your samskaras and knowledge stand testimony to

that.

 

with regs,

sriram

 

 

, " rajita_rajvasishth " <rajita_rajvasishth

wrote:

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> , " sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi@>

> > 4) Vidyanandanatha

> >

> > Purva Ashrama nama is Shri Srinivasa Bhatt who hailed from a village

Ananthagram near Kanchipuram. Walked all the way to Jalandhar in search of guru

and met Shri Satchidanandanatha (Shri Suduracharya) -

>

> My mother's family was initiated by a descendant of Shri Vidyanandanatha from

the line of the same Janardhan Gosvamin whom you mention. They produced many

scholars who were active in Rajasthan and Mathura. My friend mentioned that the

South Indian descendants of the founding member of this family named

Samarapungava Dikshita were great Vedic and Tantrik Pandits in Dravid. Funnily

he was telling me that his family had some relationship to the south Indian

branch and members of his family had received Tantrik diksha from them. It is

interesting that this one family was active all over the country in Shrividya

and other tantrik sadhanas. Another great Tantrik from this family was Pandit

Shivanand who a scholar on many topics. His descendants maintained the Anup

Sanskrit library in Bikaner. There was a Hindi booklet named Mathura Bhatta

parampara aur itihas that gives details about this family.

> Rajita

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who are the present ones?

 

--- On Mon, 5/18/09, sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

 

 

sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

 

Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:46 PM

 

 

Dear members,

 

Profles of some of the great scholars & tantrics of Kasi:

 

1) Pundit Nilakanth

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Dear sankar,

 

My direct contacts with scholars is quite limited as i have settled down in

South. It was my gurunatha who used to meet the upasakas & scholars during his

stay at Kasi while studying Kashmir Saivism under Mahamahopadhyaya Dravida

Rajeshwara Sastry and Mahamahopadhyaya Hareram Sastry.

 

But here are my couple of acquaintances:

 

There is a great tantrik scholar whose name is Parama Pujya Gangananda Tirtha.

A great chandi upasaka who has attained the mantra siddhi in Chandi Navakshari.

Shri Gangananda Tirtha Swamiji is constantly on move from one place to another

visiting sakta pithas of North like Kamakhya, Vindhyeshwari, Jwalamukhi,

Chintapurni, Kasi etc performing purashcharanas of Navakshari. During

Chaturmasya, he stays at his small kutir which is at high altitude of Kullu near

Hidimbi Temple.

 

Currently, Shri Gangananda Tirtha-ji is at Radha Krishna temple at Riwalsar

which is 5 hours journey from Mandi at Kullu Manali, Himachal Pradesh. I am

quite closely associated with Shri Gangananda Maharaj.

 

The srividya parampara of Karapatri Swami Mutt headed by Dattatreyanandanatha is

worth seeing who also give guidance in Srividya. Shri Brahmananda Saraswati of

Karapatri Mutt who quite often visits Hyderabad stays at Kasi. Shri Brahmananda

Saraswathi-ji, who in purva asrama, was an Income Tax Commissioner. A srividya

initiate from Karapatri Swami, took voluntary retirement, and stays at Kasi.

But most often, he does his Srividya Anushtan at Kailsa Manasarovar. A close

associate of mine at Hyderabad.

 

The acharya parampara of Dakshinamurthy Mutt is also a wonderful parampara who

teach Upanishads, Shankara Bhashya of Brahmasutra, Bhagavat Gita to the

adhikaris. A mutt worth visiting.

 

There was an upasaka siromani by name Pundit Jagannarayan Dev Sharmaji alias

Pushkar Sastry who was a great srividya upasaka who attained siddhi in 1989. His

parampara is also quite famous in Kasi.

 

There are also stallwarts in upasana who belong to the parampara of

Mahamahopadhyaya Gopinath Kaviraj & Swami Vishuddhananda Saraswathi.

 

I would list out some more paramparas of Srividya who are at Kasi probably when

i find some time to relax.

 

with regs,

sriram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote:

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> who are the present ones?

>

> --- On Mon, 5/18/09, sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

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>

> sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

> a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

>

> Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:46 PM

>

>

> Dear members,

>

> Profles of some of the great scholars & tantrics of Kasi:

>

> 1) Pundit Nilakanth

>

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I aminformed that Vindychal is more of a tantric centre than Kasi and many are

there

PBK

 

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote:

 

 

sankara menon <kochu1tz

Re: a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

 

Friday, May 22, 2009, 6:07 PM

who are the present ones?

 

--- On Mon, 5/18/09, sriram <sriram_sapthasathi@ grouply.com> wrote:

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Thanks a lot. Either I will retire in September or in 2011-12. After that I plan

to travel so I will save this mail. I also warn you that you may suddenly find

me at your doorstep with a begging bowl. So better be ready *smile*.

 

 

--- On Sat, 5/23/09, sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

 

sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

Re: a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

 

Saturday, May 23, 2009, 2:48 PM

 

Dear sankar,

 

My direct contacts with scholars is quite limited as i have settled down in

South. It was my gurunatha who used to meet the upasakas & scholars during his

stay at Kasi while studying Kashmir Saivism under Mahamahopadhyaya Dravida

Rajeshwara Sastry and Mahamahopadhyaya Hareram Sastry.

 

But here are my couple of acquaintances:

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Dear sankar,

 

Disciples of Shri Nilakanth Mahadev Joshi are always welcome. Myself and my

wife are at your service.

 

BTW, i heard that one of the oldest manuscripts pertaining to Parashurama Kalpa

Sutra was with Shri Nilakantha Mahadev-ji. Have they been published?

 

regs,

sriram

 

, sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote:

>

> Thanks a lot. Either I will retire in September or in 2011-12. After that I

plan to travel so I will save this mail. I also warn you that you may suddenly

find me at your doorstep with a begging bowl. So better be ready *smile*.

>  

>

> --- On Sat, 5/23/09, sriram <sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

>

> sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

> Re: a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

>

> Saturday, May 23, 2009, 2:48 PM

>

> Dear sankar,

>

> My direct contacts with scholars is quite limited as i have settled down in

South. It was my gurunatha who used to meet the upasakas & scholars during his

stay at Kasi while studying Kashmir Saivism under Mahamahopadhyaya Dravida

Rajeshwara Sastry and Mahamahopadhyaya Hareram Sastry.

>

> But here are my couple of acquaintances:

>

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Sri Gurubhyon Namaha

                                      Is this the same Nilakanth Joshi of

Rameshwaram , who has the Rajarajeshwari Tantra, i do have some of his

manuscripts, but they are very big in size i have them in soft copy

 

Sri Kamakshi

Raghavender

 

 

________________________________

sriram <sriram_sapthasathi

 

Sunday, May 24, 2009 8:46:14 PM

Re: a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

Dear sankar,

 

Disciples of Shri Nilakanth Mahadev Joshi are always welcome. Myself and my wife

are at your service.

 

BTW, i heard that one of the oldest manuscripts pertaining to Parashurama Kalpa

Sutra was with Shri Nilakantha Mahadev-ji. Have they been published?

 

regs,

sriram

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Dear Raghavender,

 

Can you send a copy of the soft copy. if necessary I shall bear the xerox

charges.

 

Regards,

 

S.SHANGARNAARAYANAN, 62/3,28TH CROSS, INDIRANAGAR, ADYAR, CHENNAI-600020

 

 

 

 

rganti9

Sun, 24 May 2009 21:37:10 -0700

Re: Re: a few scholars of tantra in Kasi

 

Sri Gurubhyon Namaha

Is this the same Nilakanth Joshi of

Rameshwaram , who has the Rajarajeshwari Tantra, i do have some of his

manuscripts, but they are very big in size i have them in soft copy

 

Sri Kamakshi

Raghavender

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