[Advaita-l] SIDDHANTA KAUMADI

Sudhanshu Shekhar sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com
Thu May 2 00:50:26 EDT 2019


Hari Om,

I got stuck on "Ganesha is derived". The question which bothers me is as
follows - whether Ganesha is a vyavaharik satya like you and me, like this
table and chair.. or whether He is a derived abstract concept.

Regards,
Sudhanshu.

On Thu 2 May, 2019, 10:11 KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear members,                        SiddhantaKaumadi talks about the
> rebirth of the physical body after death to fulfillmentof the results of
> the action of previous life. Although body is intimatelyrelated to the
> soul. The principle and details of rebirth over its existence arementioned
> in various purana’s. Those who get that based on many good
> deeds,worshipping and mainly based on Yoga. Sometimes this depend on the
> passage ofthe soul by the southern/northern route. It also related to
> ‘Saguna Brahmaloka’by knowing the real blissful self is relived of the
> worldly pains for ever. Therealization of the formless Brahma is the form
> of advaita. It mean everythingis coming from ‘Nada’ which is ‘Omkar’ from
> which Ganesha has been derived. Thefirst part of Omkar is the big belly ,
> middle stem is the trunk, Half-moonabove is the tusk and the ‘Bindu’ is the
> Laddoo. It also represent in Swastikaform in the account books of traders
> which is having four mouths/hands ofganesha. Theperson who recites Omkar
> i.e the word of brahma contemplates its meaning at thetime of death attain
> liberation. This ‘Omkar’ as Brahma Nada Tatwa also denotesthe 52 alphabets
> which are ‘ Matrikas’ derived from the ‘dhatus’. These 52matrikas have been
> associated with many forms of ganesha in the Laghu ShodhaNyasa. The‘Nada ‘
> has its breath counts in each charka with various timings. Mooladharahas
> 600 (40 min), Swadishtana, Manipoora, Anahata with each 6000
> (6.40min),Visuddhi, Ajna, Sahasrara  has 1000 (1hr6mts 40 sec), i.e 21,600
> breath counts in 24 hrs.
> Learned members pls put your views.
>
> Ifany body having the interpretation or Bhasya of the ‘Siddhanta Kaumudi’,
> plssend me a pdf copy or book source so that I can read its
> details. SriGuru Padaravindarpana MastuKameswara
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