[Advaita-l] A few selections from 'Naanaartha ratna maalaa'

[V Subrahmanian]

Dear Sada ji,

Thanks for this aspect from the Ramanuja system.

warm regards
subbu

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 6:32 PM kuntimaddi sadananda <
kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Subbuji - PraNAms
>
> In the Vishishtadvaita tradition, a-kaara stands for vishnu - aksharaaNam
> akaarosmi.
> U-kaara stands for Lakshmi.
> M-kaara stands for Jeeva.
> after ka-ca-Ta-ta -pavarga - ma-kaara comes as the 25th letter.
> 25th also means after pancha jnaana and pancha karma indriyas, pancha
> bhutas, and pancha praaNas - we have mind, intellect, ahankaara and chitta
> - total 24 and the one posses these is represented by the 25th Ma-kaara -
> standing for jeeva.
>
> Pavarga also stands for samsaara.
>
> Hence Om-kaara is interpreted as M standing for jeeva has to approach Lord
> Vishnu via U- Lakshmi - that A- U- and M stands for Om-kaara meaning.
>
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, October 12, 2019, 05:37:00 PM GMT+5:30, V Subrahmanian via
> Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>
>   This lexicon has been cited in the Shiva Gita Bhashyam by the author of
> the bhashyam Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Narasimha Bharati Mahaswaminah of the
> Sringeri Sharada Peetham (1600 - 1623 AD) while giving the meaning of the
> word 'ajah' in the shloka 21 of the 6th chapter of the text:
>
> Please access the images here:
>
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>
> regards
> subbu
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 4:16 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This lexicon text is compiled by Irugapa Dandadhinatha, (of the 14 - 15th
> > Century CE) of the court of Vijayanagar is held in high regard.
> >
> >
> >
> https://github.com/sanskrit-kosha/kosha/blob/master/nanartharatnamala_irugapa/orig/nanartharatnamala.txt
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/nanartha-ratnamala-of-irugapa-
> > dandadhinatha-old-and-rare-book-NZJ463/
> >
> > A few selections:
> >
> > Aksharam:
> > अक्षरं प्रणवे धर्मे प्रकृतौ तपसि क्रतौ ॥ वर्णे मोक्षे च ना त्वेष
> > शिवविष्णुविरिञ्चिषु । 'A'-kaara: 'a' signifies the Trimurtis. अकारो
> > ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशकमठेष्वगणे रणे । गौरवेऽन्तःपुरे हेतौ
> भूषणेऽङ्‌घ्रावुमेज्ययोः
> > ॥ 'Aja' (unborn) is used to denote the Trimurti-s: अजः शंभौ विष्णुधात्रोः
> > कामे छागे रघोः सुते । 'a:' अः (different from akaara) denotes the
> > Trimurtis: अः शिखायां सिद्धमन्त्रे प्रग्रहेऽर्करथार्वणि ॥ चक्रे
> > कुक्कुटमूर्ध्नीन्दुबिम्बे ब्रह्मेशविष्णुषु । 'Kedara' denotes the abode
> > of Shankara: केदारः शंकरक्षेत्रे शैलभेदालवालयोः ॥ 'Avyakta' (masculine)
> > denotes Vishnu and Shankara: क्लीबं प्रधानेऽप्यव्यक्तं विष्णुशंकरयोः
> > पुमान् । 'Sarvajna' (omniscient) is used in the case of Shankara and
> > Buddha: सर्वज्ञः शंकरे बुद्धे.. 'Bhishma' (the Fierceful) is used to
> > denote Rudra and Gaangeya (the Bhishmna of Mahabharata, who is the son of
> > Gangaa) भीषणे त्रिषु भीष्मः स्याद्रुद्रगाङ्गेययोस्तु ना । स्कन्दस्य
> > शंभोर्धातुश्च पर्यायाः सकलाः क्रमात् । रुद्राक्षे षण्मुखे पञ्चमुखे चापि
> > चतुर्मुखे ॥ The name 'Shabhu' is used to denote the Trimurtis:
> शंभुर्धातृहरीशेषु
> > डिम्भो बालकमूर्खयोः ॥ 'Vinayaka' is used to denote Ganesha, Garuda,
> > Buddha: विनायकस्तु सुगते गरुत्मति गणाधिपे । 'Kumara' denotes Shuka and
> > Skanda: कुमारो ना शुके स्कन्दे युवराजेऽश्ववारके । The name 'vrushaakapi'
> > that occurs in the Vishnu Sahasra Nama is shared by Shiva and Vishnu:
> उपतापौ
> > रोगतापौ *शिवविष्णू वृषाकपी *। There are many interesting entries in this
> > lexicon. warm regards subbu
> >
> >
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