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Vijay Srinivasan
• Tue Dec 26 1995 - 04:58:35 PST
Dear Sadagopan:
I really enjoy reading your well researched articles. During discussions here
with my friends in different study-groups, I am unable to clearly place the
reason why Sriman Narayana's form alone is considered in our system to
represent the Supreme Being. Is there any basis other than the Puranas. For
example: from the principal upanishads. This question of mine was rather
triggered by your reference to Shanmatha sthapana of Sri Sankaracharya (w.r.t.
Murugan). While I understand Shankara himself was a Narayana worshipper,
nevertheless he gave equal importance to all forms. Thank you.
Vijay
