[Advaita-l] Is there a 'Hari-Hara Avatāra' of Viṣṇu?

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

The elongation of I is used as evocative not to indicate feminine.As a
matter of fact the elongated I is the Telugu part in the stanza. The
elongated a in Hariharanathaa also indicates evocation.


On Jan 28, 2017 12:20 PM, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing these verses. The word 'mūrti' being in feminine,
> Hariharanatha's form is indicated in feminine:  hariharanāthā,
> pāpabhanjanā, etc. This is reminiscent of the famous verse of the
> Mādhavīyashankaravijaya:शम्भोर्मूर्तिश्चरति भुवने शंकराचार्यरूपा ।
>
> vs
>
> 2017-01-28 11:54 GMT+05:30 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>
> :
>
>> The following stanzas are a selection from Tikkana Somayaji's translation
>> of Mahabharatam addressed to Hariharanatha. They are almost completely in
>> Sanskrit and easily understandable for people who know sanskrit.
>> Therefore I am not attempting a translation. Sanskrit is a lingua franca
>> for this list .
>>
>> मालिनी।  कमलभवकिरीटग्रामपद्मावलीसं-
>>         गमसुभगपदाब्जा गाढभक्तिप्रकार-
>>         प्रमुदितमुनिशश्वद्भावनागम्यरम्य-
>>         क्रमपरिणतमूर्ती श्रौतशाखाग्रवर्ती।।
>> कन्दम्।  श्रीगौरीपल्लवपुट-
>>         योगाश्रयमञ्जरीसमुज्जवलमूर्ती
>>         योगीन्द्रसन्ततान्त-
>>         र्यागपरीपाकरूप हरिहरनाथा।।
>> उत्पल   भूरिकृपानुषंग मुनिपुंगवचित्तसरोजभृंग सं-
>> माला।   सारदवप्रवर्ष सुरसंस्तुतदिव्यगुणप्रकर्ष दो-
>>        स्सारनिरस्तदैत्य शमशालिमनस्स्थितिनित्य लोकनि-
>>        स्तारकशील निर्वृतिविशाल निरंजन पापभंजना।।
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Sarma.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 3:21 AM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>>> This Kannada paper (of Mysore University) on Telugu ancient poets too
>>> says
>>> that Tikkana dedicated his Mahabharata Telugu work (Andhra Bhāratamu) to
>>> Hariharanatha of Nellore. It also says that by doing this Tikkana aimed
>>> at
>>> the reconciliation of Vaiṣṇavas and Śaivas but did not succeed fully:
>>>
>>> https://kn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B8%
>>> E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%
>>> B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%
>>> E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%B5%E0%
>>> B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%B6/
>>> %E0%B2%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A7%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0_%E0%B2%B8%
>>> E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF
>>>
>>>
>>> ತಿಕ್ಕನ ಸನಯಾಜಿ ವೈಷ್ಣವರಿಗೂ ಶೈವರಿಗೂ ರಾಜಿಮಾಡಿಸುವ ಸಲುವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಮಹಾಭಾರತವನ್ನು
>>> ನೆಲ್ಲೂರಿನ ಹರಿಹರನಾಥನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿ ಹರಿಹರನಾಥ ಪಂಥವನ್ನು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೇರಿಸಿ. ಆದರೆ ಈ
>>> ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಜಯಶಾಲಿಯಾಗಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಒಳಗುದಿಗಳು ಮುಂದುವರಿದೇ ಇದ್ದುವು.
>>>
>>> https://www.britannica.com/topic/Harihara-Hindu-deity
>>>
>>> 6-7 CE images
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmaraja_Ratha
>>>
>>> Harihara depiction 7 CE (pre-Shankaracharya)
>>>
>>> vs
>>>
>>> 2017-01-27 23:19 GMT+05:30 V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4131&l
>>> pg=PA4131&dq=
>>> > Hariharanatha+in+Harivamsha&source=bl&ots=Y7OBC3oBA3&sig=
>>> > 3hQyaJuR-M3jlEMPnGYNtp7W2co&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0idDY8OLR
>>> AhUJOI8KHYTSA
>>> > h4Q6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=Hariharanatha%20in%20Harivamsha&f=false
>>> > Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot
>>> >
>>> > By Mohan Lal
>>> >
>>> > (information about the ancient Telugu author: Hariharanatha
>>> > ....Harivamsha)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Here is a chapter of the Harivamsha where the term 'Harihara' occurs,
>>> but
>>> > not 'Hariharanātha':
>>> >
>>> > http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/vishnuparva/hv_2_
>>> 125_mpr.html
>>> >
>>> >  *hariharamAhAtmya*kIrtanam stavakathanaM cha
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > mArkaNDeya uvAcha
>>> > shivAya viShNurUpAya viShNave shivarUpiNe |
>>> > yathAntaraM na pashyAmi tena tau dishataH shivam ||2-125-29
>>> > anAdimadhyanidhanametadakSharamavyayam |*tadeva te pravakShyAmi rUpaM
>>> hariharAtmakam ||2-125-30*
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > devau *hariharau* stoShye brahmanA saha sa~Ngatau |
>>> > etau cha paramau devau jagataH prabhavApyayau ||2-125-40
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ya idaM paThate nityaM stotraM hariharAtmakam ||2-125-60
>>> > arogA balavAMshchaiva jAyate nAtra saMshayaH |
>>> >
>>> > regards
>>> >
>>> > vs
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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