Sri Alukur Gollapinni Mallikarjuna Sastry ( 1871 - 1917 )

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SRI MAATRE NAMAHA

 

" KULADEVI VALLELAAMBAA PARAASAKTI PHALAPRADA

BHASWATI MAMA JIHWARA RANGE NRUTYATU BHARATI "

 

There was a great poet, famous writer, Yogi and well acquinted

person with several sastras named as Shri Alukur Mallikarjuna Sastry

during the period from 1871 A.D. to 1971 A.D. He belongs to Alukur

village in Raichur District of Karnataka in south India.

Sri Venkatarama sastry and Subbamamaba were the parents of this great

person.

He learnd Natakanta Sahityam,Sidhhanta Kowmudi with Tatwabodhinee

vyakhya, Nyaya Sastra and Vedanata from his father. He went to Gadwal,

Vanaparti and Atmakur Samsthanas along with his faather and pleased

the scholers of those samsthanas and got a title as 'Bharati

balaaleelaa Rupa' in his very young age. After expiry of his father he

went To Sri Kalahasti in Chittor district and learnd Mahabhashyanta

Vyakaranam and Muhurta, Jataka, and Sidhhanta rupa Jyotisha Sastra.

There he wrote a book named as 'KHACHARA MANI PETI' a ten thousand

year calender from the begining of Kaliyuga, and presented the same to

his beloved guruji of Sri Kalahasti. By this calender any one can

easly know the Tithi, Vara, Nakshatra, Yoga and Karana with Ghatika

and vighatika pramana of any particuler day in those ten thousand

years. He was a worshipper of Goddess Vallelaamba ( another form of

Godeess Saraswati) located at Kodumur Village in Kurnool District in

Andhra Pradesh.

After comleating his education at the age of 20 years he started

to do 'Satavadhanas' which is a special art in literature and possible

for telugu speaking people only. He was honoured with the titles

of 'Kavita Sarwabhowma' and 'Sakala Sastrabhigna'

He wrote 'JYOTISSASTRA SUDHARMA SARA' and presented the same to

HIS Holiness Sri Nrusimha Bharati Swamiji of Sringeri, while shri

Swamiji performing SANKARA PRATISHTA at KALADI the birth place of Sri

AADISANKARACHARYA. The Swamiji is pleased with the work of our

sastriji and honoured him with the title of PANDITA SARWABHOWMA.

Once our sastriji want to perform SATRA YAGA which shall be

performed continuasly for one year. But he is not having sufficient

money for it as he is a land lord of five acers of dry land only. He

is not interested in raising funds for the yaga as he is having

APRATIGRAHA VRATA (not to recieve single pai from any one for any

cause). Then a deciple of him raised the question about funds for yaga.

Our sastriji ordered him to put a big iron rod duly burnt red.Even

though or sastriji is an orthadox brahmin he poured his urine duly

walking by the side of iron rod. After washing the iron rod became

gold and it was spent for the satra yaga.

Shri Mallikarjuna sastry wrote another two books also in sanskrit

1.Shri Vasudevanandaha := An Alankara Sastra praising lord Vishnu

which includes the following 'BANDHA "

1.Ratha bandhaha

2.Chakra bandhaha.

3.Chakra bandhaa paadabhyasa yamamacha

4.Dasavidhanyasa mukta chakra bandhaha

5.Guchhabandha

6.Gopura bandhaha

7.Naga bandhaha

8.Astadala padma bandhaha

9.Shodasa dla padma bandhaha

10.Gomutrika bandhaha 1 and 2

11.Pushpa maalikaa bandhaha

12.Kulala chakra bandhaha

13.Ardha bhrma bandhaha

14.Sarwatobhadra bandha or tryaksharam purna bhrama bandhaha

15.Panchakshara bandhaha

16.Muktaa guchha bandhaha

17.Aanodilikaa bandhaha

18.Chaamara bandhaha

19.Chaamara bandhaha - 2

20.Chathra bandhaha

21.Sarovara bandhaha

22.Chaturasra chakra bandhaha kulaala bandhascha

23.Shri Brahmamandala bandhaha ( new )

24.Asthamukha naga bandaha

25.Turanga bandhaha.

26.Garudagati chakra bandhaha

27.Kankana bandhaha

28.Koshtaka bandhaha

29.Ahtottara sahasra dala padma bandhaha

We may find all the above 'Bandhas' in the Sri Vasudevananda'

along with all other 'Alankara' which are specified in Sansktit

grammar. Especially we may not see the 'Asthtottara sahasra dala padma

banhdaha 'in any other book . In this Bandha there shall be 1008

chambers in the form of lotus. There shall be 1008 words in each and

every chamber. Any reader may start at any chamber at his will and

compleate a round he shall found a compleate sloka.

A learned person in sanskrit grammar can understand the hard work

of our sastriji as it contains full of wonders in sanskrit grammaer.

Our sastriji was also wrote Shri PAURUSHOTTAMA SATAKAM in

sanskrit which praises Lord Vishnu which shall be introduced in due

cource.

Our Shastriji was a yogi and mantravetta also. He was in a babbit

of entering into the Bhavasamaadhi for days long until he was

disturbed by some one with Pranava nada. Several persons were

approched him for 'mantrdaka' sacred water to cure their ailments.Due

to the fear of time wastage our sastriji turned a well water

as 'matrodaka'and asked them to take sacred water from that well

itself.

 

JAYANTITE SUKRUTINO RASASIDHHAHA KAVEESWARAAHA

NAASTI TESHAAM YASAHKAAYE JARAA MARANJAM BHAYAM

 

May Bhagavan Purshottama may leads all of us in the light way duly

showering His blessings on all of us

 

DR.G.S.SUBRAMANYA SASTRY

 

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