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

[V Subrahmanian]

2017-01-28 14:53 GMT+05:30 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <dvnsarma at gmail.com>:

> 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.
>

Thanks for clarifying this.

>
>
> 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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