[Advaita-l] "A very rare and important book for advaitins - Brahmānhikam"

[Lily Biswas]

 Can you please send the scanned copy of Brahmanhikam?
    On Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 08:25:49 AM GMT+5:30, Venkateswaran Mahadevan via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 For some reason I didn't check the last conversation for a long time. But
Finally, I did contacted the library people and got a copy of the book. If
you want a copy I can scan and send it to you by email in a week's time or
so.
Ram Ram.

On Fri, 25 Aug, 2023, 11:20 am Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Jul 2023, Venkateswaran Mahadevan via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > While reading the book "Vichāra sāgara" (sanskrit version), I came to
> know
> > that the author "vasudeva Brahmendra saraswati swami" had authored 2 more
> > classics. one among them is "Brahmānhikam" where the author has collected
> > 467 ślokas from various source books (like suta samhita, yogavaṣsiṣtam,
> > gita and many other sources) explaining the truths of the Advaita Vēdānta
> > with a view that those who aspire for the attainment of moksha may daily
> > recite these ślokas devoting attention to the contents of these ślokas.
> An
> > earnest daily recital of these ślokas pave the way for moksha.
> >
>
> I am sorry for being so late in following up on this but list member
> Venkateswaran Mahadevan brought the existence of this work, Brahmahnikam,
> to my attention.  However though I searched the Internet and several major
> libraries, I could not find any trace of it.
>
> Later in a personal communication Shri Venkateswaran wrote
>
> > I looked for the source in many places. I got a hint which Iwould
> > like to share here. It seems like manuscripts from the library which
> Swami
> > vasudeva brahmendra Saraswati maintained, most of it was given to
> government
> > oriental manuscripts library, Madras which is Anna centenary library now.
> > Someone can try there. Also in Adyar library Chennai. I was a member
> there
> > but discontinued my member ship due to location shift. Or someone can
> try in
> > the actual swamiji library which should be in present mayiladudurai.
>
> Is there any local advaita-l reader who can investigate?  I think it would
> be a great asset for sadhakas.  I know we have quite a few researchers and
> post-graduate students amongst the membership I would think you could
> profitably make this a Ph.D. thesis project.
>
>
> Btw, the third work of Swami Vasudevendra Saraswati is a prose epitome of
> Shri Appaya Dikshitas' Siddhantaleshasangraha called
> shastrasiddhantaleshatatparyasangraha which is available on archive.org
>
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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