Re: kamba rAmAyanam
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• November 7, 2002
> On this subject of Sri Kamban, I have a basic doubt. Forgive me if
> this doubt is improper. Why a prime vaishnava like Sri Kamban
> should name his son as ambikapati, which is the name of Siva. This
> sounds illogical.
Not true. AmbikA-patI has many meanings
1.) AmbikA-patI = Husband of Ambika = Vichitraviirya of Mahabharata
(Satyavati's son through Santanu)
2.) AmbikA-pati = Husban of Ambika = Can also mean Veda VyAsa Mahamuni.
Vichitraviirya dies before any progeny is created in the puru vamsam. Since
there was no heir to the throne of HastinApura, Satyavati requests her son
Veda Vyasa to help in creating the progeny.
Many people mistake the Sri Vaishnava stand on Anya DevatAs. Anya devatAs
are highly respected as bhagavatAs. They are highly exalted jiivatmans who
occupy the posts of Rudra, Ganesha, Durga, et al.
Rudra is one of the foremost devotees of Sriman Naarayana. It is Rudran who
gave us the Mantra-rAja pada stOtram (King among Mantrams), which is
addressed to Lord Lakshminarasimha. You can still find a vigraha of
Maheshwaran in Ahobilam.
-Regards,
Malolan Cadambi
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