[Advaita-l] The Bhamati and Kalapataru endorsed by the Harivamsha purana

[V Subrahmanian]

Pl. read the whole post along with the images of Nilakantha's commentary
here:  https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/UmyOt8NsmOQ

On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 5:56 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> This is one of the invocatory verses of the Bhamati:
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> षड्भिरङ्गैरुपेताय विविधैरव्ययैरपि ।
> शाश्वताय नमस्कुर्मो वेदाय च भवाय च ॥ ३ ॥
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> Obeisance to the Eternal Veda and Bhava (Shiva) who is (are) endowed with
> six limbs and several indeclinables (imperishables).
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> Sri Amalananda, in the Kalpataru, commenting on the above verse of the
> Bhamati, cites a Puranic verse that enumerates the six limbs:
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> शिवपुराणम्/संहिता १ (विश्वेश्वरसंहिता)/अध्यायः १८
> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/sql
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> सर्वज्ञता तृप्तिरनादिबोधः स्वतंत्रता नित्यमलुप्तशक्तिः ।
> अनंतशक्तिश्च महेश्वरस्य यन्मानसैश्वर्यमवैति वेदः १२ ।
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> This verse is cited by Nilakantha commenting on the Harivamsha.
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> What is noteworthy is that the six limbs mentioned by the Bhamati and
> enumerated by the Shiva Purana and explained by Amalananda in the Kalpataru
> are available in the Harivamsha, an extension of the Mahabharata. There is
> a praise of Shiva by Kashyap where we term shut Guna appears thrice:
> हरिवंशपुराणम्/पर्व २ (विष्णुपर्व)/अध्यायः ०७२
> https://sa.wikisource.org/s/1ce6
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