From the Bhakti List Archives
Mohan R Sagar & Madhuri
• Sat Nov 21 1998 - 10:22:12 PST
RSrin@aol.com wrote:
> The vaanaraas on the otherhand were guided by Hanuman, himself the epitome of
> Faith! And, besides, Valmiki's Uttarakanda can hardly be considered "morbid",
> if we llok upon it as itihasa, which is what tha Adikavi intended it to be,
> rather than a sacred text to develop Bhakti..
A question on this. In the SriVaishnava understanding, is the uttara
khAndam
considered to be itihAsam, and as valid as the original Srimad
Ramayanam? I have
always understood that this work was written much later than the
original 6
khAndams.
dAsan,
Mohan
