Re: kamba rAmAyanam
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• November 12, 2002
About anya devatas, is their worship forbidden in the Sri Vaishnava tradition? >>>> Exactly SrEVaishnaVas (infact those who claim to be VEdAnthins) must not worship anya DevtAs.This is SAsthra Sidham. However during any VaidEka KarmAs..... SrEvaishnava POrvAcharyas have established that the manthrAs are directed towards the antharyAmi of these devathAs,who is none other that Shriya Pathi Sriman NArAyanan. How is this reconcilled is another topic of discussion. ********************************************************************** I am curious as to why Sri Maha Vishnu himself worships Siva on two specific occasions. If any ones can explain these to me, I would be grateful... 1) In the Ramayana, Are Ramar performs Siva puja before entering Lankapuri. >>>>>> No this is not true.. rAmA never performs pOja to shivA anywhere and it is not mentioned anywhere in ValmEkE RAmAyanam or KambaRAmAyanam. This may be a later "Shaivaite" intrepretation ... or based on some Sthala PurAna which are not considered to be absolute PramAnas. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 2) Sri Anathapadmanabha in Thiruvananthapuram- the moolavar reclines on Adisesha, and his right hand places a flower on a Siva Linga. >>>>>> I am not sure about this... as I havent had the oppourtunity to visit Thiruvananthapuram. Those who have had the BhAgyam of visiting this Dhivya DEsam please clarify. regards Venkat -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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