[Advaita-l] Regarding Introduction Panchayatan to Shanmata

[VTCS Rao]

HARI OM,

Though I am not a scholar, I would like to state my understanding.

There was a multiplicity of religious practices, which Shankaracharya tried to address through his teaching. However, it is also important to recognize that infinite cannot be comprehended by mind,. SO,  value of physical form was recognized by Shankara and established 6 forms to be worshiped, based on the principle that all these forms were the reflections of Brahman and in the belief of the essential oneness of all deities, and their conceptualization of the myriad deities of India as various manifestations of the one divine power, Brahman.



Best Regards/  VTCS

VTCS Rao, Dean L&T IPM

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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Regarding Introduction Panchayatan to Shanmata

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:21 PM sammit khandeparker via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear respected scholars,NamaskarI have a question. Why did Bhagwadpad Sri
> Adi Shankarachrya started Shanmat. Worship of five gods was already there.
> What was the rational for this new upasana paddhati ? Dhanywad.
>

While there is no textual evidence for Shankaracharya having 'started' the
Shanmata-s, here is an article where it is shown that the concept of
Shanmata is not Shankara-unfriendly based on his prasthana traya bhashyas:

https://apac01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fu%2F0%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3Df5078b8526%26attid%3D0.1%26permmsgid%3Dmsg-f%3A1704528874871710936%26th%3D17a7b3fb101fe4d8%26view%3Datt%26disp%3Dsafe&data=05%7C01%7C%7C38a0aa07d09d4a1dcb0508db1e14ece4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638136847490438112%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ctfdNNeEuavL6k%2BvNVL81RSUpHIM85pg2xp%2BZ5QuPbo%3D&reserved=0

regards
subbu




> Kind regards,
> Dr. Sammit P. S. Khandeparkar PhD(Religious Studies)
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