[Advaita-l] Sri Shankara Jayanthi - 26th April 2012

[Venkatesh Murthy वेङ्कटेशः]

Namaste

In Sankara Jayanti we also have to read Sankara Dig Vijaya.

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in> wrote:
> Namaste,
>
> ///
>
> The procedure also mentions shodashopachara puja to Shankaracharya.  What is the mantra for this or is it just the same as in regular puja? (purusha sukta etc.)
>
> //
>
> Shankaracharya Puja Paddhati that is followed in Sringeri can be downloaded from here:
>
> http://www.kamakotimandali.com/stotra/AdiShankaraPuja.pdf
>
> If one doesn't know the elaborate rituals as prescribed above, a simple shodashopachara puja with purusha suktam and rudra parayana can be done.  For ashtottara namavali, any
> three can be adopted shankaracharya ashtottara / dakshinamurty ashtottara / shiva ashtottara.
>
> Also, vaisakha shuddha saptami is celebrated as vidyAraNya jayanti.
>
> BTW, the best way to celebrate sankara jayanti is to study prasthAna traya bhASya
> rather than doing ashtottara / sahasranama pujas.
>
> regs,
> sriram
>
>
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Regards

-Venkatesh