[Advaita-l] Information requested

[V Subrahmanian]

It is likely that the enquiry is about the 'Shiva mAnasa pUjA' by
Shankaracharya.  Here is a talk on this work, in English, by Swami
Paramarthananda ji:

http://www.hinduonline.co/AudioLibrary/Discources/LectureonSivaManasaPujaAndSivaParadhaStotramParamarthananda.html

Here is a beautiful audio rendering of the above work by Swami Brahmananda
of Chinmaya Mission, Bangalore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ix4De1NOKY&feature=related

Here is an explanation of the Nirguna maanasa pUjaa:

http://www.astrojyoti.com/nirgunamanasapooja.htm

regards
subrahmanian.v



On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:16 PM, ramesam vemuri <ramesamvijaya at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Sir,
>
> This is not a direct answer to the query specifically; but can be of some
> use to address the second part of the enquiry ("to understand it more").
>
> Shiva Manasa Puja is narrated by Sage Vasishta to Rama as a dialog between
> Lord Shiva and Sage Vasishta. Their dialog takes place on the auspicious
> 8th day in the New Moon phase of the month Shravana which is celebrated as
> Krishna janmashtami by us.
>