Pranam Good. TODAY IS MAHA PERIAVA'S JANMA NAKSHATRA AND BIRTH DAY; at least you did a topic on Adi sankara. And Ananda giri vijaya treatise left few things unanswered hence Sringeri controversy; also the birth period of Adi sankara was distorted by the British 1200 BCE start up by fixing Buggaha at 500 BCE and so pulling down Adi sankara to 750 AD. This is untrue. British calculation lost over a period of 1500 to 2000 years . Adi sankarar birth incorporated in several evidences including the KATAPAYADI system as 740 BCE. It is since 2500 years but Center and Sringeri shrunk it to 1200 years. K R IRS 26521
On Wed, 26 May 2021 at 15:11, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *DIVINE INFORMATION PART 17* > > Dear friends, > > While going through one of my external memory device, I came across some > good information about Aadi Sankara. I thought of sharing interesting > ones from them as a series. > > > > In part 17 , I am starting with 72th item in this posting. > > Sincerely, > > Gopala Krishnan 26-05-2021.In72.4 > > *72.4 Long tours of AadiSankara* > > Biographies narrating in full the story of Sankara speak extensively > regarding the long tours of Sankara to many parts of the country. These > digvijaya travels may be said to have begun from the time of Sankara's > leaving the sacred city of Kasi. > > Biographies of Sankara tell about Sankara's visit to Prayag, Badrinath, > Kashmir and to a number of places in the south such as Chidambaram, > Madhyarjunam, Jambuk-esvaram, Srirangam, Rameswaram, Tirupati and to many > other sacred spots lIke like Dwaraka in the west coast and Puri Jagannath > on the eastern coast. > 72.5 Sankaras' Kailasa Yatra > > Sankara's yatra to Kajlasa, the abode of Lord Siva, is one of the most > notable events in the history of the Acharya. During the course of his > peregrination in the Himalayan region, Sankaracharya desired to have > darshan of Sri Paramesvara having his abode in Kailas. *Sankara managed > to reach Kailas quickly because of his yogic power. * > > He had darshan of Lord Paramesvara and Devi Parvati. According to > tradition, Sankara adored Paramesvara by singing two hymns, known as > "Sivapadadi-kesanta stotram" and "Sivakesadipadanta stotram". > > Immensely pleased with Sankara's prayers, Paramesvara blessed Sankara, > presented him with five sphatika (crystal) lingas and instructed him to > arrange for the worship of the Ifngas Iingas for the sake of the welfare of > the universe, indicating also the mode of worship. > > Paramesvara also handed over to Sankara the > > palm-leaf manuscript of Soundarya Lahari, which is noted as Siva's own > hymn in praise of the Parasakti. > 72.6Kailas to Kanchi > > From available biographical information, it is learnt that Sankaracharya > placed one of the five sphatika lingas got at Kailas, the Mukti Linga in > the temple at Kedarnath, > > He consecrated the Vara Linga at Neelakanta Kshetra in Nepal. > > With the other three, he returned to the south. He placed the Bhoga Linga > for being worshipped at the Sarada Peetha in Karnataka > > He sent the Moksha Linga to Chidambaram for being worshipped In the temple > of Sri Nataraja in that sacred place > > He kept the Yoga Linga for his own personal worship and for his > successors at Kanchi. > > References to the places where the five-sphatika lingas were established > for worship are found in Anantanandagiri's biography and in Markandeya > Samhita. > > *The Sivarahasya points to Sankara's hastening to the earth with the > lingas and worshipping them in his own asrama at Kanchi.* > > > > > > The people of Kanchi, under the leadership of King Rajasena, offered a > grand welcome to Sankara *at the outskirts of Kanchi City*, It is said > that the Acharya stayed at the Mukti Mandapa in the small Visvesvara > temple, on the bank of the Sarvateertham tank for some time. > > Bhagavatpada Sankara got Kanchi city remodelled and also caused the > reconstruction of the three principle temples of Kanchi viz., the temples > of Sri Ekamranatha, Devi Kamakshi and Sri Varadaraja with the assistance of > Rajasena, ruler of Kanchi. > > Sankara consecrated the Srichakra before Devi Kamakshi and thereby secured > Her bounteous grace on devotees having Her darshan. > 72.7 Sri Sankaracharya's Sarvajnapeetha-rohana at Kanchi > > A significant event in the history of Sankaracharya is his occupying the > Sarvajna Peetha -the Throne of Omniscience at Kanchi. Cidvilasa's > Sankaravijaya -Vilasa, Govindanantha's Sankaracharya Charitam and > Rajachudamani Dikshita's Sankarabhudaya, *narrate the Acharya's ascending > the seat of Omniscience at Kanchi, in South India.* > > Sixteen verses of the 25th chapter of Cidvilasa's biography describe the > event. An asareeri voice (air noise or divine voice) informed Sankara, when > he was about to ascend the Peetha, that *it would be proper for him to > ascend after winning in debate, the scholars assembled there* > > Sankara thought for a while. A group of scholars who had come there from > some villages of the Tamraparni valley put some questions to Sankaracharya > on his philosophy of Monism, Maya (the theory of illusion), Devabeda, > Murtibeda, etc. > > Sankara explained to them the eternal and all-pervading nature of Brahman, > the inability of man to understand the Supreme One seeming as different > entities, because of ignorance, the non-existence of a second other than > the Brahman and the means for attaining emancipation. The scholars were > fully convinced. They bowed before the Great Acharya. > > Thereafter Sankara ascended the Sarvajnapeetha amidst the sounding of > musical instruments and the tumultuous shouts of joy of the vast number of > devoted spectators. Showers of flowers fell from above and a fragrant > breeze blew all around. > > A great ascetic one of the early Acharyas of the Kanchi Sankaracharya Math > -by name Jnanottama -has written a commentary entitled "Chandrika", on > Sureswaracharya's "Naiskarmyasiddhi". Along with the commentary > "Chandrika", Naishkarmyasiddhi has been edited by Professor Hiriyanna of > the Maharaja's College, Mysore and published as No.33 of the Bombay > Sanskrit and Prakrit Series in 1925 A.D. In the preface to this edition > Professor Hiriyanna observes "The second sloka (at the end of the > commentary) alludes to the author of the Chandrika as the glory of the > Sarvajnasrama by which term we have to understand the Sarvajna Peetha or > the Pontifical seat at the Advaita Matha In Kanchipuram. These remarks of > the learned professor corroborate Sankara's occupying the Sarvajna Peetha > at Kanchi, as described in the biographies noted above. > 72.8 Kanchi -Sankaracharya's Last Resort > > Sankara Bhagavatpadacharya returned to Kanchi, the Southern Mokshapuri, > towards the end of his earthly career and shook off his moral coils in that > sacred city. A number of works state these facts. > > Verse 46 of the sixteenth chapter of the ninth section of the voluminous > Sanskrit work "Sivarahasya" (in the printed Canareese edition No.32, > Jayachamarajendra Series of the Mysore Palace, refers to Sankaracharya's > worship of the Yoga, Bhoga, Vara, Mukti and Moksha lingas, to his success > over scholars of other faiths and to his attaining siddhi (eternal bliss) > at his own ashrama in Kanchi. > > Markandeya Samhita, an ancient puranic treatise, consists of 100 khandas, > each having sub-sections called parispandas, Sub-section 7 and 8 of the > 72nd khanda of this work narrate briefly the history of Sankara. This is > evident from the colophon at the end of the 7th parispanda of the 72nd > khanda as noticed in the Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts, > volume VI of the Oriental Research Institute, University of Mysore, 1981, > page 191 (Appendix 1- 332, Serial No.18179, Ms. No. P. 33878/1 -title > "Sankaracharitam". A verse, in the seventh parispanda of the 72nd khanda > 01 this work, relates that the Mahatma, Sankara, attained the cit-svarupa, He > attained eternal bliss at Kanchi, after having consecrated Kamakshi. > > Anantanandagiri's biography of Sankara (all versions printed and > manuscripts, including the Madras University edition) says "The World > Preceptor (Sankara) desiring to leave for his own abode, sitting once in > the Moskhapuri of Kanchi, absorbed his gross body into the subtle one and > getting reduced into the size of a thumb, attained eternal bliss and > remains at the all-pervading "Cit" to this day". The Brhad Sankara > Vijaya, and Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra's Gurunatramala indicate that Acharya > Sankara attained eternal bliss at Kanchi -the Southern Mokshapuri. The > concluding verse of Rajacudamani Deeksita's "Sankarabhyudaya" refers to > Sankara worshipping Kamesvari (Kamakshi) every day and attaining supreme > bliss. Patanjali Vijayam by Ramabhadra Diksita (Kavyamala Series No.51 , > Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay), has a verse at the end, stating that Sankara, > after having produced the Bhasyas and conquered the directions (digvijaya) > stayed permanently at Kanchi. > > A Report on Search for Sanskrit Manuscripts in South India, by Dr. Hutzch, > a German scholar, (published by the Government Press, Madras in 1905 > -No.2146, Part III) contains a list of pontifical preceptors of the > Bharati ascetic order of the Tungabhadra region. Some verses are found in > this list about Adi Sankaracharya. The verses relate that after traveling > widely Sankara reached Kanchi of his own accord, consecrated Kamakshi and > attained final beatitude at Kanchi itself. > > The Guruparampara Namamala of the Sankarite institution at the confluence > of the rivers, Tunga and Bhadra (Kudali) also speaks of the Great Acharya's > reaching Kanchi of his own desire, after long and wide travels, of the > consecration of Devi Kamakshi and of his Siddhi there. > > Coming to modern times, there is quite a large number of works, in > different languages, written by erudite scholars mentioning Kanchi as the > last resort of Sankara. > > The Bengali Visvakosa (Hindi Edition), an encyclopedia, gives the > information under the word Kanchi as the place where Sankara attained > Siddhi. Pandit Mahamahopadhyaya Gopinath Kaviraj has stated that the temple > of Kamakshi at Kanchi is famous and in that temple there is the stone icon > of Sankara and that is the lace where he attained Siddhi. Pandit N. > Bhashyacharya (of Madras) in his "Age of Sankaracharya" (Adyar Library, > Madras, 1890 A.D., page 22) says "Lastly towards the end of his life he > came to the south but had to leave his body and this world at Kancheepuram > at the early age of thirty-two:' > > Saligram Srikanta Sastry of Sringeri has taken a copy of the 16th > chapter of the ninth amsa of "Sivarahasya" from the Manuscript Library in > Mysore and has rendered it in Kannada. The English translation of a > sentence in the Kannada work is as follows: "Having come to Kanchi, in > his own ashrama, he (Sankara) absorbed his gross physical frame into the > subtle one, became pure, blissful citsvarupa and attained final Siddhi:' > > Apart from all the citations made above, it needs to be mentioned that, In > the Srimukha-Birudavan (the string of honorific epithets) of the > Sankaracharya Math at Kanchi (existing without change from very ancient > times), the following epithet is found: > > *" Srimacchankar Bhagavatpadacharyanam adhisthane Simhasanabhishiktanam " * > > The word "adhisthane " points to Sankara's Siddhi at Kanchi. > > It may be noted that the name of Sri Sankaracharya is found only in the > official seal of Kanchi Kamakoti Matha. The word "Kanchidivya kshetre"and > the phrase ..Srimacchankara-Bhagavatpadacalyanam adhisthane ., in the > birudavali indicate Sankara's siddhi at Kanchi. > > My note- There are variations about the place Aadi sankara climbed > Sarvanja peetha and Samadhi > > *I will continue in next posting* > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/615882357.179143.1622022077099%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/615882357.179143.1622022077099%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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