[Advaita-l] Sharaba

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

The Saiva view is not acceptable to Advaita. Adi Sankara has rejected
Saiva Pasupata views.

In Sankara Digvijaya there is one incident. One Kapalika tried to
sacrifice Adi Sankara to Siva. But Padmapada prayed to Narasimha.
Narasimha came and killed the Kapalika and saved Adi Sankara.

This incident is showing we have to worship Narasimha but not Sarabha
tomorrow. Many Smarta Brahmins have Lakshmi Narasimha as Family god. I
have not heard people with Sarabha as Family god.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:17 AM, abhishek sm <abhishek046 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pranams to all list members ,
>
> I believe that the shaiva puranas describe an avatara of Shiva
> fighting and defeating Narsimha while the vaishnava puranas do not
> account for this.
> What is the view of Adi Shankara on this? Also to mention the fact
> that in the Lakshmi Nrusimha Karavalamba stotram, Sankara says the
> crown of Brahma, Indra and Rudra are at the foot of Narasimha. Does
> this in any way mean that Sankara does not accept the Shaiva view?
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Regards

-Venkatesh