[Advaita-l] {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} Goda Sastrigal passed away

[V Subrahmanian]

For the record: Sri Goda Sastrigal had, in combination with Sri
Krishnamurti Sastrigal and Sri Mani Dravid Sastrigal, expounded the
Advaitasiddhi to a not-very-scholarly audience in Chennai for some nine
years in Tamil.  Here is a profile of him found in an announcement for one
of his books:

https://www.amazon.com/Srividyasara-Prasnottara-Malika-Dr-Goda-Venkateswara-Sastri/dp/B00JKNYGY4

// Dr. Goda Venkateswra Sastri, M.Sc. Ph.D,CAIIB is a distinguished Vedic
Scholar teaching the Prasthantraya text in several institutions over the
past thirty years. He has participated in a large number of Vidvat Sadas
and Seminars. Recognising his wide scholarship, he has been awarded many
titles such as Advaita Siddhi Ratnakara, Vidya Vachaspati, Brahma Vidya
Bhusana, and so on. He has contributed a number of articles to learned
journals.

Dr. Goda Venkateswara Sastri got Poornadiksha from Gnanandanatha, Brahamsri
Injikollai V.Jagaderswara Sastrigal of Guhananda Mandali. He is a
practicing Upasaka of Sri Vidya. He has been giving lectures on Sri Vidya
texts like Lalitha Sahasranaama Bhaashya of Bhaskararaya, Varivasya
Rahasya, Kamakalavilasa, Ganesha Sahasranama, Subramanya Kalpa, etc. Many
Yagas are performed under his direction at various places. He has been the
key note speaker at many a seminar on Tantra Mantra Yantra.

Sastriji was an officer with the Reserve Bank of India for 30 Years before
taking voluntary retirement for the purpose of teaching and research in
Tarka, Mimamsa, Vedanta and other systems in Sanskrit//.

Om Tat Sat



On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 1:34 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A video of Sri Sastrinah:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-3wQGM1Rlg
>
> vs
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Aravinda Rao <karavind09 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Very sad news, my condolences to the bereaved family members. I happened
>> to listen to him a few times in the shastra-sabhas. Great loss to Shastra
>> students.
>>
>> Aravinda Rao K
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Thats very sad news indeed. My prostrations to him. Shri gurubhyo namah.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 Feb 2018 05:16, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>
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>>>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:29 AM, Venkata Sriram <sriram.iidc at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Namaste,
>>>>>
>>>>> I heard that Brahmasri Goda Sastrigal passed away yesterday night.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can somebody confirm the news ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I got the confirmation.  He passed away last night about 2.30 AM.
>>>> He had a heart ailment before.
>>>>
>>>> Very sad indeed.  He worked in the RBI, Chennai, and was a regular
>>>> participant at the Sringeri Mahaganapati Vakyartha Sadas.  He has trained
>>>> many aspirants for the prestigious Tenali Shaastra Exams.  He was a Devi
>>>> Upasaka too and used to conduct several sabha-s for various purposes. Very
>>>> recently he had conducted a Dvaita-Advaita sabha at Chennai, a
>>>> first-of-its-kind.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Very sad news for us .
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> subrahmanian.v
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> rgs,
>>>>> sriram
>>>>>
>>>>>