[Advaita-l] The Shiva mahimakalika stuti of Sri Appayya Dikshitendra - A scholarly Tamil discourse

[V Subrahmanian]

This is a work of Shri Appayya Dikshitendra. In this Tamil discourse each
verse is expounded in short with dual meanings: one applicable to Lord
Shiva and the other applicable to the Yagas with the background of the
Purva mimamsa nyayas. It is a very interesting discourse exposing the
listener to the Upanishads, Veda and Purva Mimamsa rules.
https://shaivam.org/devotees/works-of-sri-appaiya-dikshita  Siva Mahima
Kalikastuti :
This is a work in 25 verses praising Lord Siva. By handling the slesha or
the technique of using words and phrases that can be interpreted in two
different manners, the author is able to expound in this work some of the
principles of mimamsa. Sri Dikshita himself must have written a commentary
or vyakhya on this, since the verse, as they exist today, could not be
fully understood without a commentary, as the intricate details of the
mimamsa sastra have all been brought forward in this work by means of
similes. Moreover, in this work all the details of Ishti, pasu, etc. given
in the karmakanda, all details of yagas like the Soma yaga, and the upasana
of Lord Siva as given in the gnanakanda have been explained as per the
rules of mimamsa, with slesha alankara. Hence a commentary is very
essential to grasp the correct meaning of this.
This Stuti, in addition to explaining the Vedantic truths, is also replete
with the rules of purva-mimamsa. Vedanta is described as the divine
parijata tree here.The idea is that like the Parijata which is the tree of
Devas and which grows in the Nandanodyana and which fulfils all desires, so
does Vedanta which gives to a devotee all the purusharthas. This Stuti can
be compared to a bouquet made of Parijata flowers. The fragrance that
emanates is the Purva mimamsa rules. Without a knowledge of them Vedanta
cannot really be understood. Hence this is said to contain the essence of
both the systems of thought.

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