[Advaita-l] Advaitabodhadipika

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

 The Koviloor Aadheenam, established at Koviloor, has an eventful and
vibrant history of 200 years, right from its founder Sri La Sri
Muthuramalinga Gnana Desikar, popularly known as Andavar of Koviloor.

         Koviloor is a divinely-charged sacred place near Karaikkudi. This
sacred place is also called Samivana Kshetra, Shri Vallabha Vannivanam,
Veerapandiyapuram, Saalivati, Kalanivaasal and so forth. The most
symmetrical and orderly structure of the great Temple of Sri Rajakhadga
Paramesvara and Salivatisvari or Thribhuvanesvari itself is a well
expressed manifestation of its meticulous care for the preservation of
Sanatana Dharma. Each part of the temple and its surroundings reflects how
far order and harmony have been meticulously maintained according to the
Aagamas and Vastu Sastras. The precincts of the both the temple and the
math nearby emit the pulsations of harmony and order which constitute the
ever relevant Sanatana Dharma.

         The Koviloor Aadheenam highly deserves the merit of being called
the First School of systematic Vedantic Studies through the medium of
Tamil. It was the Koviloor Aadheenam that brought out for the first time
the authentic and undistorted Tamil versions of 14 important Vedantic
Texts, which include Vedanta Cudamani, Viveka Cudamani, Pancadasi,
Bagavadgita and Jnanavasishta. The teaching of Vedanta, which started with
Sri Andavar Swamigal, has been maintained in unbroken continuum.

On Sat, 10 Apr, 2021, 3:31 pm Ven Balakrishnan via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> The text itself references sankaracharya and vidyaranya, as well as the
> yajnavalkya-maitreyi dialogue; which would be unusual for a Tamil Vedanta
> text.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 10 Apr 2021, at 08:55, KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > The link sent showed the book was from the year 1887,But Karapatri
> swami lived in varanasi int he begining of 19th century i.e19005-1980:
> > It could be the tamil script, swamiji might have translated to sanksrit
> after that. or any other Tamil saint whose name matahced with varanasi
> karapatri swamiji.
> > How ever I will try to get a hindi text of that soon.
> > regardsKameswara Rao
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Sat, 10 Apr, 2021, 12:07 am Ven Balakrishnan via Advaita-l, <
> >> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> My understanding from the English translation, is that it was originally
> >> written in Sanskrit by Sri Karapatra Swami and translated into Tamil by
> an
> >> unknown person, from which it was then translated into English by one of
> >> Ramana’s followers (Mungala Venkataramiah - the author of “Talks”).
> >>
> >> From the foreword to the book:
> >>
> >> “The last four chapters, Savikalpa Samadhi, Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Jivan
> >> Mukti, and Videha Mukti nor being found in Tamil, Telugu or Sanskrit
> >> Manuscripts could not be translated into English. Information on the
> >> missing chapters is earnestly sought and will b e gratefully
> acknowledged
> >> by the publisher.
> >> Our grateful thanks are due to H. H. Smt. Shanta Devi Maharani of Baroda
> >> and H. H. the Maharaja of Travancore for sending us the original
> Sanskrit
> >> Manuscripts of this work from the State Libraries for Maharshi's
> >> consultation and return.
> >> This book is one of the few esteemed by Sri Maharshi and this
> translation
> >> was thoroughly revised in His Presence. So we are encouraged to present
> >> this small volume to the public with full confidence that the reader
> will
> >> benefit by it.”
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 9 Apr 2021, at 06:29, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
> >> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, 4 Apr 2021, V Subrahmanian wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I scanned through all the pages and found there is no original
> Sanskrit
> >> text
> >>>> in this book; it is completely a translation to Tamil.  At the end of
> >> the
> >>>> book a list of texts cited therein is given:
> >>>> This includes the Veda, 'asango hyayam purushah', Vyasa Sutra,
> VasiShTha
> >>>> (Yoga Vasishtha), Vivekachudamani, Smriti, Maitrayani shakha, Gita,
> >>>> Pandhadashi, Purana, Ramayana and Sutasamhita.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Thankyou to all those who replied to me.  The reason I asked is because
> >> the widely available English translation published by Ramanashrama
> claims
> >> to be based off a Sanskrit translation of the original Tamil work.  I
> >> received a query from a person who was looking for this Sanskrit version
> >> and was unable to find it.  I have also been unable to find it.  I
> suspect
> >> there never was a Sanskrit version, the English is translated directly
> from
> >> Tamil.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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