[Advaita-l] Lord Hayagriva is the Samaveda God

[Malini Nair]

could you please tell me whether the 'Chathurvarga Chintamani' of Hemdari
Acharya is available ?


-Malini-

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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Srikanta Narayanaswami wrote:
>
> Not to add anything material to the discussion, we have in the tradition
>> the
>> forms of Lord Vishnu as LakshmIvarAha (wild boar faced) murthy and
>> Hayagreeva (horse faced).  The sAma veda murthy is also some animal faced.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>> Apropos the above posting,Lord Hayagriva with his consort Lakshmi is the
>> diety
>> of Samaveda.
>>
>> N.Srikanta.
>>
>>
> Sometime ago I posted some descriptions of the iconic forms of the Vedas
> from the vratakanda of chaturvargachintamani by Hemadri Acharya (an
> encycopedic dharmashastra work)  Here it is again.
>
> R^igveda
>
> A divine being white-colored with a bulls head.  In his right hand he
> holds a rudrAkshamAlA and with his left hand displays the abhaya mudrA.
>
> yajurveda
>
> A divine being of yellow color with a goats head.  In his right hand he
> holds a rudrAkshamAlA and in his left hand, the vajra or thunderbolt.
>
> sAmaveda
>
> A divine being of dark blue (nIla) color with a horses head.  In his right
> hand he holds a rudrAkshamAlA and in his left hand a shanka or conch shell.
>
> atharvaveda
>
> A divine being of white color with the head of a monkey.  In his right
> hand he holds a rudrAkshamAlA and in his left hand a club or mace
> (khaTvA~nga)
>
> But this source does not equate the samavedamurti with bhagavan hayagriva.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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