[Advaita-l] What is Gupta Navaratri?

[Ajit Krishnan]

namaste,

> the *khadyOta* (a commentary on gaNapati sahasranAma)

It is available from some university libraries in the United States. It
has been a while since I looked at it. It is a very short commentary in
verse form, and does little more than give the simple meaning of the names.

sasneham,

   ajit




On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:39 AM, श्रीमल्ललितालालितः <
lalitaalaalitah at lalitaalaalitah.com> wrote:

> tripurArNavatantram is available from sampUrNAnanda saMskR^ita University.
> If you write to chaukhamba, then may confirm it's availability.
>
> I've no idea about khadyota.
>
> In addition to it,
> I heard that tR^ich-bhAskara of bhAskararAya makhin was printed by Ananda
> Ashrama saMsthA of puNe. Is it possible to get any photocopy of scan of
> this book.
>
> *श्रीमल्ललितालालितः
> *www.lalitaalaalitah.com
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Sivakumar,Kollam <sivanr8010 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Sdara praNAm,
> >
> > Please provide details about the availability of
> > the works ThripuraArnava Tantra and
> > the  *khadyOta* (a commentary on gaNapati sahasranAma)
> >
> > Namaste.
> >
> > sivakumarr
> >
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Venkata sriram P
> > <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste,
> > >
> > > /////
> > >
> > > I cannot say Mantra properly.
> > >
> > > ///
> > >
> > > The basic reason is that japa should be done with "surabhila vadana"
> > > ie., the upAsaka should not have "mukha-durgandha" at the time of japa.
> > > It is a dosha to perform japa with bad breath which incurs the yOgini
> > > shApa.
> > >
> > > The pramANa is from tripurArNava tantra as:
> > >
> > > japAdau mukha-durgandhO dEvatA shApamApnuyAt
> > > atO durgandhanAshAya tAmbUlAdiva niSyatE
> > >
> > > (vide ref: tripurArNava tantra - 5th ullAsa - 6th sloka)
> > >
> > > Another reason being, mantra siddhi is easily achieved if performed
> > > with ucchiSTa mukha.  For eg., ucchiSTa mAtangi, ucchiSTa gaNapati etc.
> > >
> > > For ucchiSTa mAtangi, the tAmbula should be kept in the mouth and japa
> > > should
> > > be done.  With the repetition of the mantra, the tAmbula rasa has the
> > > power to
> > > propitiate the dEvata.  As regards the ucchiSTa gaNapati, Sri
> > Bhaskararaya
> > > Makhin
> > > explained in his work *khadyOta* (a commentary on gaNapati sahasranAma)
> > > that
> > > this form of gaNapati is worshipped and simultaneously eating mOdakAs
> > > (which is
> > > ucchiSTa).
> > >
> > > So, these are the tAntric forms of worship and shiSTAchAris are not
> > > supposed to
> > > do these.
> > >
> > > For us, the meaning should be taken as *ut-shiSTa* ie., the residue or
> > the
> > > adhiSTAna tattva.
> > >
> > > regs,
> > > sriram
> > >
> > >
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