[Advaita-l] Regarding the religious marks of purva mimamsakas

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

Idols in Hindu temples of Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, do they flaunt any
signs on their foreheads?

regards,
Sarma.

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 12:45 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 1:28 PM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> The mimamsakas did not believe in Ishwara, so I would be very surprised if
> > they had any concept like krishnarpanamastu etc. Early samkhya is also
> > atheistic, so same goes for that school.
> >
> > As far as I know, neither do early images of Vishnu show any naamam, nor
> > do early images of Shiva show any vibhuti, on the forehead.
>
>
> Are there any authentic photographs of 'early' images of Vishnu, Shiva,
> etc.?  Similar images of humans, depicting Brahmanas, too will be
> interesting to examine for their marks.
>
>
> > These practices are probably later developments, perhaps driven by
> > sectarian considerations. Even in the case of Shankara, no one really
> knows
> > whether he donned any religious marks.
> >
>
> By the time of Shankara we had all the major Puranas like Shiva Purana and
> Vishnu purana which he has cited in the VSN Bhashya. In the Brahma sutra
> and Upanishad bhashyas Shankara talks about temple, worship, archana with
> flowers, etc. So the popular worship as a practice was there well
> established. In the works of Shaiva Nayanmars who flourished just before
> and during the time of Shankara we read accounts of Brahmins being
> agnihotris, vedic scholars, worshipers of Shiva, with bhasma dharana, etc.
> Sureshwara says Shankara is from Atri gotra.  We can reasonably assume
> caste marks were in use in Shankara's family.  Also there are Upanishads
> that talk of what kind of bhasma is to be used by which Ashrama.
>
> There are injunctions in the smriti texts like 'religious karma performed
> without the marks on the forehead do not give fruit, etc.'  My question was
> on this aspect too:  whether  purva mimamsakas  adhered to such injunctions
> and if yes, what kind of marks did they don.
>
>
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