[Advaita-l] Krishna-Banasura Encounter

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Murali Karamchedu wrote:

>
> Dear List Members,
>
> Several years ago (not sure of the specifc issue or year), there was an 
> article in Tattvaloka that traced a detailed symbolism in the 
> Krishna-Banasura encounter, from an advaitic standpoint. The writer 
> brought out several points and explained the significance of the 
> maheSvara-jvara and vaishNava-jvara, the symbolism behind lopping off 
> 998 arms, of Usha and Aniruddha themselves etc. I request anyone on the 
> list who has access to the article I am referring to, or who knows the 
> details of this interpretation, to please post it on the forum.

Thanks to the work of our list member Vijay Kartik and the kindness of the 
editor of Tattvaloka magazine, this article is now available on our 
web site at:

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/articles/humbling_of_banasura.pdf


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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>