[Advaita-l] ShAnkarapAdabhUShaNam - Sanskrit

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 08:23, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> In the book Page 3 the author has written-
>
> शिवस्य तु स्वप्नेऽपि पूजनं कदाऽपि न कुर्वन्ति । प्रत्युत शिवद्वेष एव
> प्रधान्येनोपलभ्यन्ते । अत एव तेषां गृहे शिवलिङ्गादिकं नोपलभ्यन्ते
> क्वचिदपि ।
>
> He is saying Madhvamatanuyayinaha don't do Puja of Siva and hate him.
> They don't keep Sivalinga at all.
>
> This is false. I have witnessed Madhvas also do Puja for Siva. In one
> Madhva Pandita's house he has kept two or three Siva lingas and
> regularly does Puja with Rudra and Chamaka. In Mantralaya they have
> kept a Sivalinga and Puja is done for it.  I know one person he fasts
> on Sivaratri day even when others in his house are having a feast.
>
> The author is wrong because he is accusing Madhvamatanuyayinaha falsely.
>
> तेषां स्त्रियो बालाश्चापि शिवशब्दमपि मुखेन नोच्चारयन्ति । कुतः पुनः
> शिवपरगीतगानम् । किंतु विष्णुपराण्येव गीतानि गायन्ति । किंच
> कयाचित्स्त्रिया शिवपरपद्यं गीयते चेत् किमेतदिति स्त्रियोऽपि वदन्ति ।
>
> He is saying the Madhva women will not sing Siva songs. This is wrong.
> I have heard many Madhvamata ladies singing Siva and Ganesha songs and
> other ladies were enjoying it. They did not question it.
>

Quoting one or two persons or incidents is not enough. There are some
liberal persons everywhere.
digambarashAstrI is talking about whole community of madhva-s and their
attitude towards shiva. I don't know too much about them. But, if you can
tell us about their attitude as whole then it will help us understand
position of both madhva-s and digambarashAstrI.