[Advaita-l] More about Janaka

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Dear
In a sloka attributed to Sri Anjaneya about Sri Rama and Sri Seetha,Sri Rama is praised as Surya vamsa samudhbhootham and Sri Seetha as Soma vamsa Samudhbhavam.Sri Seetha also is described as Niminam kula Dheepikam.Nimi may have been two different kings of both Surya and Soma origins.The sloka begins as Ayodhya pura Netharam.........R.Krishnamoorthy.

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> On 15-Jul-2014, at 12:09 pm, Srikrishna Ghadiyaram via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> Om !
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> Thank you for further research and clarification on this subject.
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> What is the derivation of Mithila, here?
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> Is it not Chandravamsha, and not Suryavamsha?
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> Regards
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> Srikrishna
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> From: Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
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> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:24 PM
> Subject: [Advaita-l] More about Janaka
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> [was Re: [Advaita-l] Jiiva at Satya Loka - Will He or Won't He come back]
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>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2014, Srikrishna Ghadiyaram wrote:
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>> How did you conclude that that Janaka and this Janaka are the same? What
>> evidence is advanced for that, by anyone?
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> So after further research I must say they are not the same.  According to 
> Bhagavata Purana 9.13, the Janaka mentioned in the upanishad was the son 
> of Nimi the son of Ikshvaku.  That Nimi after an altercation with Maharshi 
> Vasishtha became bodiless.  As Janaka was born while his father was in 
> that condition, he (and his kingdom) became known as Vaideha and Mithila. 
> That he came of the lineage of Ikshvaku is significant because the Krshna 
> Bhagavan says (Gita 4.1) that formerly the teachings of the Gita had been 
> passed down from Vivasvat to Manu to Ikshvaku.  The Suryavamsha of whom 
> the Kurus including Arjuna are descendents are also of the lineage of 
> Ikshvaku through a different line.
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> The Janaka who was the father of Sita ma was also known as Shiradhvaja. 
> The Ramayana says his purohit was not Yajnavalkya but called Shatananda.
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> As well as under the Gita shloka 3.20, Shankaracharya discusses the case 
> of Janaka in the introduction to the bhashya on Samkhyayoga (adhyaya 2.)
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> I shall quote from the English translation of A. Mahadeva Shastri.  Please 
> see Advaita Sharada for the original.
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> "First suppose that Janaka and the rest were engaged in karma though they 
> knew the truth.  Then, they did so lest people at large might go astray; 
> whereas they were sincerely convinced that 'the senses'--but not the 
> self--were engaged in the objects.  (See 3.28)  Thus they reached 
> perfection by jnana alone.  Though the stage of renunciation had been 
> reached, they attained perfection without abandoning works; that is to 
> say, they did not formally renounce works.
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> Secondly, suppose that they had not known the truth.  Then the passages 
> should be interpreted thus;--By means of work dedicated to Ishvara, Janaka 
> and the rest attained perfection,-- 'perfection' meaning here either 
> 'purity of mind' or 'the dawn of true knowledge.'"
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> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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