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

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Subbuji,

This may not be what you are after, but there is I believe a padma purANa
reference to a Shankaranarayana avatara according to the website of the
Shankaranarayana temple in Kundapur district, Karnataka.

http://www.shankaranarayana.org/history.html

Regards,
Venkat

On 28 Jan 2017 10:00 a.m., "V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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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