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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri (early 1800s)'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century), K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī) and Virūpākṣa Śāstrī.<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda (1863-1902)'''<br /> <br /> See main page: [[Vivekananda]]<br /> <br /> Swami Vivekananda sought to present Vedanta not just as a path to mokṣa but as a system that could revitalize India's national consciousness and regenerate pride in its spiritual heritage. Following his epic speech at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, he returned to India and went on to establish the Ramakrishna Math &amp; Mission. While the organization is most well known for its social service activities, it has also produced some scholarly saṃnyāsin-s who have translated some of the Vedanta classics into English, Hindi, Tamil and various other languages and made them available to the general public. <br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi (1879-1950)'''<br /> <br /> See main page: [[Ramana Maharshi]]<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page: [[Rama Tirtha]]<br /> <br /> '''Virūpākṣa Śāstrī (1873-1936)'''<br /> <br /> Born into a Yajurvedin family in 1873, he studied Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and other disciplines from traditional scholars at a young age. Subsequently he came in touch with Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī of Śṛṅgerī and received from him upadeśa on Vedanta as well as Śrīvidyā. He came to be widely respected for his knowledge, vairāgya and sagely qualities. <br /> <br /> After the mahāsamādhi of Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, he was charged with the responsibility of training the young Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati on Vedānta, Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. In 1932, he obtained saṃnyāsa under the yogapaṭṭa of Vidābhinava Vālukeśvara Bhāratī and assumed charge of the maṭha at Kudali in Karnataka state.<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī (1887-1963)''' <br /> <br /> A descendant of the great Appayya Dīkṣita, Swami Sivananda was born as Kuppusvāmī at Pattamadai near Tirunelveli in the Tamil region. After an early career as a medical doctor, he took up saṃnyāsa at Rishikesh in 1924 and founded an organization named the Divine Life Society. His disciples over the years included such great names as Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Satyananda (of the Satyananda Yoga movement) and Swami Krishnananda. <br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> See main page: [Chandrasekharendra Saraswati]]<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī (1886-?)'''<br /> <br /> Hailing from the village of Nurani in what is now the Palakkad district of Kerala, Sri NS Anantakrishna Sastri studied at the traditional pāṭhaśālā-s at Chittoor (Kerala) and Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and subsequently joined the Sanskrit College in Chennai. From 1917-1947 he served as a professor at the University of Calcutta.<br /> <br /> His works include:<br /> <br /> Prabhā: A sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra-Bhāṣya &lt;br&gt;<br /> Paribhāṣā-prakāśikā: A sub-commentary on the Vedānta-Paribhāṣā of Dharmarāja-Adhvarin &lt;br&gt;<br /> Śatabhūṣaṇī: A response to the Śatadūṣaṇī of Vedānta Deśika. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedānta-Rakṣāmaṇi and Advaita-Dīpīkā: Independent texts on Advaita-Vedanta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Mīmāṃsa-Śāstra-Saṃgraha: Treatise on Mīmāṃsa &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj (1889-1957)'''<br /> <br /> Tapovan Maharaj, a native of Kerala, was initiated into saṃnyāsa by Janārdhana Giri of the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh. He lived a solitary life near Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalaya. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh sent his disciple Swami Chinmayananda to Tapovan Maharaj for instruction in Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> A great saṃnyāsin and scholar from the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh and one of the guru-s of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.<br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> Born Balakrishna Menon in Kerala in 1916, Swami Chinmayananda received his saṃnyāsa initiation from Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. He then studied Vedanta for 8 years under Tapovan Maharaj at Uttarkashi. He went on to establish the Chinmaya Mission and contributed greatly to the awareness of the classical Vedanta tradition among the English-educated populace in India.<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri (1921-2007)'''<br /> <br /> Born Chandan Sharma near Patna in Bihar in 1921, he was the 10th head of Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh (1969-2007). He obtained saṃnyāsa from Maheśānanda Giri in 1968. Prior to saṃnyāsa he taught at the Dakṣiṇāmūrti-maṭha in Varanasi and the Viśvanātha-Saṃskṛta-Mahāvidyālaya in Delhi.<br /> <br /> He is well-known for his numerous Hindi translations and commentaries on classical Vedantic texts. His Sanskrit works include a ṭīkā on the Śrutisārasamuddhāraṇa of Toṭakācārya and a chātratoṣinī (students' guide) on the Tattvapradīpikā of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarājan in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher of traditional Vedanta. Having taken saṃnyāsa in 1962, he studied classical Vedanta under Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Tarananda Giri and Swami Pranavananda, and soon emerged as one of the most renowned exponents of the traditional teaching methodology in modern times.<br /> <br /> The gurukula-s established by Swami Dayananda at Coimbatore, Nagpur, Rishikesh and Saylorsborg (USA) have brought Vedanta to thousands of earnest seekers around the world.<br /> <br /> He convened the Hindu Dharma Ācārya Sabhā, an apex body of traditional maṭhādhipati-s from various Hindu sampradāya-s, in 2000, and established the All India Movement for Seva (AIM for Seva, www.aimforseva.org) in 2001. <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> A resident of Chennai, Brahmasri Goda Venkatesvara Sastri is a leading contemporary scholar and exponent of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. He is also recognized as an authority on Ayurveda. He has been teaching Vedanta, Śrīvidyā and allied subjects in Chennai for over 25 years.<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> Srī Jayendra Sarasvatī is the current head of the Kāmakoṭi Pīṭha at Kanchipuram.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha (1951- )'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> Sri Mani Dravid Sastri, a resident of Chennai and professor at the Sanskrit College in Chennai, is one of the leading contemporary exponents of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Tarka. <br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Later_Advaitins&diff=5455 2009-09-15T06:12:30Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities in the tradition of Advaita-Vedānta after [[Adi Shankaracharya]] and his disciples, upto the 18th century. For personalities from the 19th century onwards, please see [[Modern Advaitins]].<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-[[tantra]]-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the [[Dharma]].<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, and the Candrikā, a commentary on the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-[[Vedanta]] written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: [[Vidyaranya]] <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha&lt;br&gt;<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta containing a comparison of the views on mokṣa held by different darśana-s &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and [[Shiva]]-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Madhva-[[tantra]]-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author from the Tamil region whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school&lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa&lt;br&gt;<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other [[Sanskrit]] texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical [[music]]. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=5221 2009-06-25T10:19:46Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri (early 1800s)'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century), K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī) and Virūpākṣa Śāstrī.<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda (1863-1902)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> Swami Vivekananda sought to present Vedanta not just as a path to mokṣa but as a system that could revitalize India's national consciousness and regenerate pride in its spiritual heritage. Following his epic speech at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, he returned to India and went on to establish the Ramakrishna Math &amp; Mission. While the organization is most well known for its social service activities, it has also produced some scholarly saṃnyāsin-s who have translated some of the Vedanta classics into English, Hindi, Tamil and various other languages and made them available to the general public. <br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi (1879-1950)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Virūpākṣa Śāstrī (1873-1936)'''<br /> <br /> Born into a Yajurvedin family in 1873, he studied Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and other disciplines from traditional scholars at a young age. Subsequently he came in touch with Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī of Śṛṅgerī and received from him upadeśa on Vedanta as well as Śrīvidyā. He came to be widely respected for his knowledge, vairāgya and sagely qualities. <br /> <br /> After the mahāsamādhi of Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, he was charged with the responsibility of training the young Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati on Vedānta, Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. In 1932, he obtained saṃnyāsa under the yogapaṭṭa of Vidābhinava Vālukeśvara Bhāratī and assumed charge of the maṭha at Kudali in Karnataka state.<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī (1887-1963)''' <br /> <br /> A descendant of the great Appayya Dīkṣita, Swami Sivananda was born as Kuppusvāmī at Pattamadai near Tirunelveli in the Tamil region. After an early career as a medical doctor, he took up saṃnyāsa at Rishikesh in 1924 and founded an organization named the Divine Life Society. His disciples over the years included such great names as Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Satyananda (of the Satyananda Yoga movement) and Swami Krishnananda. <br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī (1886-?)'''<br /> <br /> Hailing from the village of Nurani in what is now the Palakkad district of Kerala, Sri NS Anantakrishna Sastri studied at the traditional pāṭhaśālā-s at Chittoor (Kerala) and Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and subsequently joined the Sanskrit College in Chennai. From 1917-1947 he served as a professor at the University of Calcutta.<br /> <br /> His works include:<br /> <br /> Prabhā: A sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra-Bhāṣya &lt;br&gt;<br /> Paribhāṣā-prakāśikā: A sub-commentary on the Vedānta-Paribhāṣā of Dharmarāja-Adhvarin &lt;br&gt;<br /> Śatabhūṣaṇī: A response to the Śatadūṣaṇī of Vedānta Deśika. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedānta-Rakṣāmaṇi and Advaita-Dīpīkā: Independent texts on Advaita-Vedanta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Mīmāṃsa-Śāstra-Saṃgraha: Treatise on Mīmāṃsa &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj (1889-1957)'''<br /> <br /> Tapovan Maharaj, a native of Kerala, was initiated into saṃnyāsa by Janārdhana Giri of the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh. He lived a solitary life near Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalaya. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh sent his disciple Swami Chinmayananda to Tapovan Maharaj for instruction in Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> A great saṃnyāsin and scholar from the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh and one of the guru-s of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.<br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> Born Balakrishna Menon in Kerala in 1916, Swami Chinmayananda received his saṃnyāsa initiation from Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. He then studied Vedanta for 8 years under Tapovan Maharaj at Uttarkashi. He went on to establish the Chinmaya Mission and contributed greatly to the awareness of the classical Vedanta tradition among the English-educated populace in India.<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri (1921-2007)'''<br /> <br /> Born Chandan Sharma near Patna in Bihar in 1921, he was the 10th head of Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh (1969-2007). He obtained saṃnyāsa from Maheśānanda Giri in 1968. Prior to saṃnyāsa he taught at the Dakṣiṇāmūrti-maṭha in Varanasi and the Viśvanātha-Saṃskṛta-Mahāvidyālaya in Delhi.<br /> <br /> He is well-known for his numerous Hindi translations and commentaries on classical Vedantic texts. His Sanskrit works include a ṭīkā on the Śrutisārasamuddhāraṇa of Toṭakācārya and a chātratoṣinī (students' guide) on the Tattvapradīpikā of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarājan in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher of traditional Vedanta. Having taken saṃnyāsa in 1962, he studied classical Vedanta under Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Tarananda Giri and Swami Pranavananda, and soon emerged as one of the most renowned exponents of the traditional teaching methodology in modern times.<br /> <br /> The gurukula-s established by Swami Dayananda at Coimbatore, Nagpur, Rishikesh and Saylorsborg (USA) have brought Vedanta to thousands of earnest seekers around the world.<br /> <br /> He convened the Hindu Dharma Ācārya Sabhā, an apex body of traditional maṭhādhipati-s from various Hindu sampradāya-s, in 2000, and established the All India Movement for Seva (AIM for Seva, www.aimforseva.org) in 2001. <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> A resident of Chennai, Brahmasri Goda Venkatesvara Sastri is a leading contemporary scholar and exponent of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. He is also recognized as an authority on Ayurveda. He has been teaching Vedanta, Śrīvidyā and allied subjects in Chennai for over 25 years.<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> Srī Jayendra Sarasvatī is the current head of the Kāmakoṭi Pīṭha at Kanchipuram.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha (1951- )'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> Sri Mani Dravid Sastri, a resident of Chennai and professor at the Sanskrit College in Chennai, is one of the leading contemporary exponents of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Tarka. <br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=5220 2009-06-25T10:13:01Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri (early 1800s)'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century), K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī) and Virūpākṣa Śāstrī.<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda (1863-1902)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> Swami Vivekananda sought to present Vedanta not just as a path to mokṣa but as a system that could revitalize India's national consciousness and regenerate pride in its spiritual heritage. Following his epic speech at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, he returned to India and went on to establish the Ramakrishna Math &amp; Mission. While the organization is most well known for its social service activities, it has also produced some scholarly saṃnyāsin-s who have translated some of the Vedanta classics into English, Hindi, Tamil and various other languages and made them available to the general public. <br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi (1879-1950)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Virūpākṣa Śāstrī (1873-1936)'''<br /> <br /> Born into a Yajurvedin family in 1873, he studied Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and other disciplines from traditional scholars at a young age. Subsequently he came in touch with Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī of Śṛṅgerī and received from him upadeśa on Vedanta as well as Śrīvidyā. He came to be widely respected for his knowledge, vairāgya and sagely qualities. <br /> <br /> After the mahāsamādhi of Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, he was charged with the responsibility of training the young Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati on Vedānta, Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. In 1932, he obtained saṃnyāsa under the yogapaṭṭa of Vidābhinava Vālukeśvara Bhāratī and assumed charge of the maṭha at Kudali in Karnataka state.<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī (1887-1963)''' <br /> <br /> A descendant of the great Appayya Dīkṣita, Swami Sivananda was born as Kuppusvāmī at Pattamadai near Tirunelveli in the Tamil region. After an early career as a medical doctor, he took up saṃnyāsa at Rishikesh in 1924 and founded an organization named the Divine Life Society. His disciples over the years included such great names as Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Satyananda (of the Satyananda Yoga movement) and Swami Krishnananda. <br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī (1886-?)'''<br /> <br /> Hailing from the village of Nurani in what is now the Palakkad district of Kerala, Sri NS Anantakrishna Sastri studied at the traditional pāṭhaśālā-s at Chittoor (Kerala) and Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and subsequently joined the Sanskrit College in Chennai. From 1917-1947 he served as a professor at the University of Calcutta.<br /> <br /> His works include:<br /> <br /> Prabhā: A sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra-Bhāṣya &lt;br&gt;<br /> Paribhāṣā-prakāśikā: A sub-commentary on the Vedānta-Paribhāṣā of Dharmarāja-Adhvarin &lt;br&gt;<br /> Śatabhūṣaṇī: A response to the Śatadūṣaṇī of Vedānta Deśika. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedānta-Rakṣāmaṇi and Advaita-Dīpīkā: Independent texts on Advaita-Vedanta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Mīmāṃsa-Śāstra-Saṃgraha: Treatise on Mīmāṃsa &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj (1889-1957)'''<br /> <br /> Tapovan Maharaj, a native of Kerala, was initiated into saṃnyāsa by Janārdhana Giri of the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh. He lived a solitary life near Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalaya. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh sent his disciple Swami Chinmayananda to Tapovan Maharaj for instruction in Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> A great saṃnyāsin and scholar from the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh and one of the guru-s of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.<br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> Born Balakrishna Menon in Kerala in 1916, Swami Chinmayananda received his saṃnyāsa initiation from Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. He then studied Vedanta for 8 years under Tapovan Maharaj at Uttarkashi. He went on to establish the Chinmaya Mission and contributed greatly to the awareness of the classical Vedanta tradition among the English-educated populace in India.<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri (1921-2007)'''<br /> <br /> Born Chandan Sharma near Patna in Bihar in 1921, he was the 10th head of Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh (1969-2007). He obtained saṃnyāsa from Maheśānanda Giri in 1968. Prior to saṃnyāsa he taught at the Dakṣiṇāmūrti-maṭha in Varanasi and the Viśvanātha-Saṃskṛta-Mahāvidyālaya in Delhi.<br /> <br /> He is well-known for his numerous Hindi translations and commentaries on classical Vedantic texts. His Sanskrit works include a ṭīkā on the Śrutisārasamuddhāraṇa of Toṭakācārya and a chātratoṣinī (students' guide) on the Tattvapradīpikā of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarājan in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher of traditional Vedanta. Having taken saṃnyāsa in 1962, he studied classical Vedanta under Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Tarananda Giri and Swami Pranavananda, and soon emerged as one of the most renowned exponents of the traditional teaching methodology in modern times.<br /> <br /> The gurukula-s established by Swami Dayananda at Coimbatore, Nagpur, Rishikesh and Saylorsborg (USA) have brought Vedanta to thousands of earnest seekers around the world.<br /> <br /> He convened the Hindu Dharma Ācārya Sabhā, an apex body of traditional maṭhādhipati-s from various Hindu sampradāya-s, in 2000, and established the All India Movement for Seva (AIM for Seva, www.aimforseva.org) in 2001. <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> A resident of Chennai, Brahmasri Goda Venkatesvara Sastri is a leading contemporary scholar and exponent of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. He is also recognized as an authority on Ayurveda. He is a regular p<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> Srī Jayendra Sarasvatī is the current head of the Kāmakoṭi Pīṭha at Kanchipuram.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha (1951- )'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> Sri Mani Dravid Sastri, a resident of Chennai and professor at the Sanskrit College in Chennai, is one of the leading contemporary exponents of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Tarka. <br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Later_Advaitins&diff=4980 2009-05-27T17:16:47Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, and the Candrikā, a commentary on the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-[[Vedanta]] written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: [[Vidyaranya]] <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha&lt;br&gt;<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta containing a comparison of the views on mokṣa held by different darśana-s &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and [[Shiva]]-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author from the Tamil region whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school&lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa&lt;br&gt;<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other [[Sanskrit]] texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical [[music]]. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Later_Advaitins&diff=4977 2009-05-27T17:09:02Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, and the Candrikā, a commentary on the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-[[Vedanta]] written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: [[Vidyaranya]] <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha&lt;br&gt;<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and [[Shiva]]-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school&lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa&lt;br&gt;<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other [[Sanskrit]] texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical [[music]]. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=4976 2009-05-27T17:07:01Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri (early 1800s)'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century), K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī) and Virūpākṣa Śāstrī.<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda (1863-1902)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> Swami Vivekananda sought to present Vedanta not just as a path to mokṣa but as a system that could revitalize India's national consciousness and regenerate pride in its spiritual heritage. Following his epic speech at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, he returned to India and went on to establish the Ramakrishna Math &amp; Mission. While the organization is most well known for its social service activities, it has also produced some scholarly saṃnyāsin-s who have translated some of the Vedanta classics into English, Hindi, Tamil and various other languages and made them available to the general public. <br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi (1879-1950)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Virūpākṣa Śāstrī (1873-1936)'''<br /> <br /> Born into a Yajurvedin family in 1873, he studied Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and other disciplines from traditional scholars at a young age. Subsequently he came in touch with Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī of Śṛṅgerī and received from him upadeśa on Vedanta as well as Śrīvidyā. He came to be widely respected for his knowledge, vairāgya and sagely qualities. <br /> <br /> After the mahāsamādhi of Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, he was charged with the responsibility of training the young Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati on Vedānta, Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. In 1932, he obtained saṃnyāsa under the yogapaṭṭa of Vidābhinava Vālukeśvara Bhāratī and assumed charge of the maṭha at Kudali in Karnataka state.<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī (1887-1963)''' <br /> <br /> A descendant of the great Appayya Dīkṣita, Swami Sivananda was born as Kuppusvāmī at Pattamadai near Tirunelveli in the Tamil region. After an early career as a medical doctor, he took up saṃnyāsa at Rishikesh in 1924 and founded an organization named the Divine Life Society. His disciples over the years included such great names as Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Satyananda (of the Satyananda Yoga movement) and Swami Krishnananda. <br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī (1886-?)'''<br /> <br /> Hailing from the village of Nurani in what is now the Palakkad district of Kerala, Sri NS Anantakrishna Sastri studied at the traditional pāṭhaśālā-s at Chittoor (Kerala) and Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and subsequently joined the Sanskrit College in Chennai. From 1917-1947 he served as a professor at the University of Calcutta.<br /> <br /> His works include:<br /> <br /> Prabhā: A sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra-Bhāṣya<br /> Paribhāṣā-prakāśikā: A sub-commentary on the Vedānta-Paribhāṣā of Dharmarāja-Adhvarin<br /> Śatabhūṣaṇī: A response to the Śatadūṣaṇī of Vedānta Deśika.<br /> Vedānta-Rakṣāmaṇi and Advaita-Dīpīkā: Independent texts on Advaita-Vedanta.<br /> Mīmāṃsa-Śāstra-Saṃgraha: Treatise on Mīmāṃsa<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj (1889-1957)'''<br /> <br /> Tapovan Maharaj, a native of Kerala, was initiated into saṃnyāsa by Janārdhana Giri of the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh. He lived a solitary life near Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalaya. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh sent his disciple Swami Chinmayananda to Tapovan Maharaj for instruction in Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> A great saṃnyāsin and scholar from the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh and one of the guru-s of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.<br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> Born Balakrishna Menon in Kerala in 1916, Swami Chinmayananda received his saṃnyāsa initiation from Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. He then studied Vedanta for 8 years under Tapovan Maharaj at Uttarkashi. He went on to establish the Chinmaya Mission and contributed greatly to the awareness of the classical Vedanta tradition among the English-educated populace in India.<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri (1921-2007)'''<br /> <br /> Born Chandan Sharma near Patna in Bihar in 1921, he was the 10th head of Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh (1969-2007). He obtained saṃnyāsa from Maheśānanda Giri in 1968. Prior to saṃnyāsa he taught at the Dakṣiṇāmūrti-maṭha in Varanasi and the Viśvanātha-Saṃskṛta-Mahāvidyālaya in Delhi.<br /> <br /> He is well-known for his numerous Hindi translations and commentaries on classical Vedantic texts. His Sanskrit works include a ṭīkā on the Śrutisārasamuddhāraṇa of Toṭakācārya and a chātratoṣinī (students' guide) on the Tattvapradīpikā of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarajan in 1930 in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> A resident of Chennai, Brahmasri Goda Venkatesvara Sastri is a leading contemporary scholar and exponent of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. He is also recognized as an authority on Ayurveda. He is a regular p<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. Born in 1951 to <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> Sri Mani Dravid Sastri, a resident of Chennai and professor at the Sanskrit College in Chennai, is one of the leading contemporary exponents of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Tarka. <br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts. <br /> <br /> '''Tattvavidānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkara Vijayendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century), K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī) and Virūpākṣa Śāstrī.<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda (1863-1902)'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> Swami Vivekananda sought to present Vedanta not just as a path to mokṣa but as a system that could revitalize India's national consciousness and regenerate pride in its spiritual heritage. Following his epic speech at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, he returned to India and went on to establish the Ramakrishna Math &amp; Mission. While the organization is most well known for its social service activities, it has also produced some scholarly saṃnyāsin-s who have translated some of the Vedanta classics into English, Hindi, Tamil and various other languages and made them available to the general public. <br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Virūpākṣa Śāstrī (1873-1936)'''<br /> <br /> Born into a Yajurvedin family in 1873, he studied Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and other disciplines from traditional scholars at a young age. Subsequently he came in touch with Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī of Śṛṅgerī and received from him upadeśa on Vedanta as well as Śrīvidyā. He came to be widely respected for his knowledge, vairāgya and sagely qualities. <br /> <br /> After the mahāsamādhi of Śrī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, he was charged with the responsibility of training the young Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati on Vedānta, Tarka, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. In 1932, he obtained saṃnyāsa under the yogapaṭṭa of Vidābhinava Vālukeśvara Bhāratī and assumed charge of the maṭha at Kudali in Karnataka state.<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī (1887-1963)''' <br /> <br /> A descendant of the great Appayya Dīkṣita, Swami Sivananda was born as Kuppusvāmī at Pattamadai near Tirunelveli in the Tamil region. After an early career as a medical doctor, he took up saṃnyāsa at Rishikesh in 1924 and founded an organization named the Divine Life Society. His disciples over the years included such great names as Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Satyananda (of the Satyananda Yoga movement) and Swami Krishnananda. <br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī (1886-?)'''<br /> <br /> Hailing from the village of Nurani in what is now the Palakkad district of Kerala, Sri NS Anantakrishna Sastri studied at the traditional pāṭhaśālā-s at Chittoor (Kerala) and Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and subsequently joined the Sanskrit College in Chennai. From 1917-1947 he served as a professor at the University of Calcutta.<br /> <br /> His works include:<br /> <br /> Prabhā: A sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra-Bhāṣya<br /> Śatabhūṣaṇī: A response to the Śatadūṣaṇī of Vedānta Deśika.<br /> Vedānta-Rakṣāmaṇi and Advaita-Dīpīkā: Independent texts on Advaita-Vedanta.<br /> Mīmāṃsa-Śāstra-Saṃgraha: Treatise on Mīmāṃsa<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj (1889-1957)'''<br /> <br /> Tapovan Maharaj, a native of Kerala, was initiated into saṃnyāsa by Janārdhana Giri of the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh. He lived a solitary life near Uttarkashi in the Garhwal Himalaya. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh sent his disciple Swami Chinmayananda to Tapovan Maharaj for instruction in Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> A great saṃnyāsin and scholar from the Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh and one of the guru-s of Swami Dayananda Saraswati.<br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> Born Balakrishna Menon in Kerala in 1916, Swami Chinmayananda received his saṃnyāsa initiation from Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. He then studied Vedanta for 8 years under Tapovan Maharaj at Uttarkashi. He went on to establish the Chinmaya Mission and contributed greatly to the awareness of the classical Vedanta tradition among the English-educated populace in India.<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri (1921-2007)'''<br /> <br /> Born Chandan Sharma near Patna in Bihar in 1921, he was the 10th head of Kailāś Āśram, Rishikesh (1969-2007). He obtained saṃnyāsa from Maheśānanda Giri in 1968. Prior to saṃnyāsa he taught at the Dakṣiṇāmūrti-maṭha in Varanasi and the Viśvanātha-Saṃskṛta-Mahāvidyālaya in Delhi.<br /> <br /> He is well-known for his numerous Hindi translations and commentaries on classical Vedantic texts. His Sanskrit works include a ṭīkā on the Śrutisārasamuddhāraṇa of Toṭakācārya and a chātratoṣinī (students' guide) on the Tattvapradīpikā of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarajan in 1930 in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> A resident of Chennai, Brahmasri Goda Venkatesvara Sastri is a leading contemporary scholar and exponent of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Śrīvidyā. He is also recognized as an authority on Ayurveda. He is a regular p<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. Born in 1951 to <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> Sri Mani Dravid Sastri, a resident of Chennai and professor at the Sanskrit College in Chennai, is one of the leading contemporary exponents of classical Advaita-Vedānta, Mīmāṃsa and Tarka. <br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts. <br /> <br /> '''Tattvavidānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkara Vijayendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>Vedic Ṛṣi-s<br /> <br /> Yājñavalkya<br /> <br /> Uddālaka Āruṇī<br /> <br /> Aṣṭavakra<br /> <br /> Vasiṣṭha<br /> <br /> Bādarāyaṇa<br /> <br /> Upāvarṣa<br /> <br /> Bhartṛhari<br /> <br /> Gauḍapāda<br /> <br /> Govinda Bhagavatpāda<br /> <br /> Śaṃkara-Bhagavatpāda<br /> <br /> Sureśvarācārya<br /> <br /> Padmapāda<br /> <br /> Hastāmalaka<br /> <br /> Toṭakācārya<br /> <br /> Maṇḍana Miśra</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: New page: Vedic Ṛṣi-s Yājñavalkya Uddālaka Āruṇī Aṣṭavakra Vasiṣṭha Upāvarṣa Bhartṛhari Gauḍapāda Govinda Bhagavatpāda Śaṃkara-Bhagavatpāda Sureśvarācāry...</p> <hr /> <div>Vedic Ṛṣi-s<br /> <br /> Yājñavalkya<br /> <br /> Uddālaka Āruṇī<br /> <br /> Aṣṭavakra<br /> <br /> Vasiṣṭha<br /> <br /> Upāvarṣa<br /> <br /> Bhartṛhari<br /> <br /> Gauḍapāda<br /> <br /> Govinda Bhagavatpāda<br /> <br /> Śaṃkara-Bhagavatpāda<br /> <br /> Sureśvarācārya<br /> <br /> Padmapāda<br /> <br /> Hastāmalaka<br /> <br /> Toṭakācārya<br /> <br /> Maṇḍana Miśra</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century) and K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī).<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Virūpākṣa Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj'''<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri'''<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarajan in 1930 in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. Born in 1951 to <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts. <br /> <br /> '''Tattvavidānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkara Vijayendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=4933 2009-05-23T12:18:26Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century) and K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī).<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj'''<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri'''<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvatī (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarajan in 1930 in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvatī (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. Born in 1951 to <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts. <br /> <br /> '''Tattvavidānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkara Vijayendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> This page lists key personalities associated with the classical Advaita-Vedanta tradition since the 19th century, including contemporary exponents.<br /> <br /> '''Totāpuri'''<br /> <br /> A Daśanāmī saṃnyāsin and guru of Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṃsa.<br /> <br /> '''Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1879-1912, he was instrumental in re-discovering Adi Shankaracharya's birthplace at Kaladi and establishing a branch there. His students included Venkataraman (subsequently Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha, the head of the Govardhana Pītha in the early 20th century) and K. Ramachandra Aiyar (subsequently Rāmānanda Sarasvatī).<br /> <br /> '''Vivekānanda'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Ramaṇa Maharṣi'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Rāma Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> See main page:<br /> <br /> '''Śivānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> '''<br /> Candraśekhara Bhārati (1892-1954)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1912-1954. Born as Narasimha in 1892 to Gopala Sastri and Lakshmamma, he was the 12th child of his parents and the only one to survive infancy. He was a favorite student of the then Śṛṅgerī Pīthādhipati, Srī Sacchidānanda Śivābhinava Nṛsiṃha Bhāratī, and succeeded the latter as pīthādhipati in 1912.<br /> <br /> He authored a vyākhyāna in Sanskrit on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi.<br /> <br /> '''Candraśekharendra Sarasvatī (1894-1994)'''<br /> <br /> '''Anantakṛṣṇa Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Tapovan Mahārāj'''<br /> <br /> '''Tārānanda Giri''' <br /> <br /> '''Cinmayānanda (1916-1993)'''<br /> <br /> '''Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (1917-1989)'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1954-1989. Born as Srinivasan in 1917, he was initiated into saṃnyāsa at the tender age of 11 by his guru Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati. Temperamentally inclined to the royal path of yoga, he was given the yogapatta of Abhinava Vidyātīrtha (literally, the &quot;New Vidyātīrtha&quot;) in memory of the great sage Vidyātīrtha (Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha) who had headed the Śṛṅgerī Pītha in the 13th century and was likewise a master of the yoga-sāstra.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyānanda Giri'''<br /> <br /> '''Dayānanda Sarasvati (1930- )'''<br /> <br /> Born as Natarajan in 1930 in the village of Manjakkudi in Tiruvarur district (Tamil Nadu), Swami Dayananda Saraswati is a distinguished teacher <br /> <br /> '''Godā Venkateśvara Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Jayendra Sarasvati (1935- )'''<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Srī Bhāratī Tīrtha is the current head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha. Born in 1951 to <br /> <br /> '''Maṇi Drāviḍ Śāstrī'''<br /> <br /> '''Paramārthānanda Sarasvati'''<br /> <br /> Swami Paramarthananda, a disciple of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati, is one of the leading teachers of classical Advaita Vedanta today. He takes regular classes, mostly in Chennai, on various aspects of the Dharma and is particularly recognized for his clear exposition of key Vedantic texts. <br /> <br /> '''Tattvavidānanda Sarasvati'''<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkara Vijayendra Sarasvati'''</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: Talk:Post-Shankaran Advaitins moved to Talk:Modern Advaitins</p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-Vedanta written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: Vidyaranya <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha&lt;br&gt;<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and Shiva-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāśrama'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school&lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa&lt;br&gt;<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other Sanskrit texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical music. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: /* Establishment of Vijayanagara */</p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmaṇa family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become one of the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Many of these works were jointly authored by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]]. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Vaiyāsika-nyāya-mālā: An exposition of the Brahmasūtra-s.<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, also called Vākyasudhā (&quot;Nectar of speech&quot;). This work is sometimes wrongly attributed to [[Adi Shankaracharya]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra and Dharma-śāstra.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Later_Advaitins&diff=4926 2009-05-23T09:45:49Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: New page: category:Sages &lt;small&gt;By Ramesh Krishnamurthy&lt;/small&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Nityabodhaghana&#039;&#039;&#039; Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sure...</p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-[[Vedanta]] written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: [[Vidyaranya]] <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of [[mantra]]-sāstra and [[yoga]]-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha&lt;br&gt;<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-Vedanta.<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and [[Shiva]]-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school&lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa&lt;br&gt;<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other [[Sanskrit]] texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical [[music]]. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=4925 2009-05-23T09:41:50Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-Vedanta written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: Vidyaranya <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha&lt;br&gt;<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and Shiva-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāśrama'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school&lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā&lt;br&gt;<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa&lt;br&gt;<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other Sanskrit texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical music. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=4924 2009-05-23T09:40:31Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-Vedanta written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: Vidyaranya <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and Shiva-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. <br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāśrama'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other Sanskrit texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical music. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Modern_Advaitins&diff=4923 2009-05-23T09:39:25Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-Vedanta written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kauṣītakī), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for much of the 13th century CE, and was a great master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He entered into lambika-yoga samādhi in the early 14th century and was succeeded by his disciple Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple at Śṛṅgerī was built over his samādhi-sthala. To this day, the seal of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha bears his name.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> Younger brother of the famous Vidyāraṇya, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha for the greater part of the 14th century CE. He was the co-author (with Vidyāraṇya) of several texts on Vedānta. The Vidyāśaṃkara temple was consecrated during his reign, on the occasion of which 120 Brāhmaṇa-s were given lands to settle down in the vicinity of the maṭha. This was the beginning of the present town of Śṛṅgerī. <br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> See main article: Vidyaranya <br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pīṭha from 1380-1386 CE, he is one of the greatest names in the history of Vedānta. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire and a master of mantra-sāstra and yoga-sāstra. He authored several classics including the Pañcadaśī, the Jīvanmuktiviveka and the Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka. Many of these works were co-authored with his predecessor and younger brother Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha.<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Author of the Vedānta-Sāra, one of the most popular primers on the tradition, c.15th century CE. He also authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-sārasaṃgraha, Gītā-bhāvaprakāśa and the Brahmasūtra-tātparyaprakāśa.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Another great name in the history of Vedānta, Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c. 16th century CE) was born to the name Kamalanayana in a Kānyakubja-Brāhmaṇa family that had settled down in what is now Bangladesh. He studied Nyāya at Navadvīpa but then moved to Varanasi to study Advaita-Vedānta. Having taken saṃnyāsa, he authored several works including:<br /> <br /> Advaita-siddhi: A polemical work addressing the arguments of the Madhva school as expounded in the Nyāyamṛta of Vyāsatīrtha<br /> Gūḍhārtha-dīpikā: A celebrated commentary on the Bhagavad-Gītā.<br /> Siddhānta-bindu: A celebrated commentary on the Daśaślokī of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> Vedāntakalpalatikā: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> A great Advaitin and Shiva-bhakta from the Tamil region, Appayya Dīkṣita (16th century CE) authored several works on Vedānta, Mīmāṃsā and Nyāya, including:<br /> <br /> Siddhāntaleśasaṃgraha: An independent prakarana-grantha on Advaita-Vedānta.<br /> Parimala: A sub-commentary on Amalānanda's Kalpataru.<br /> Madhva-tantra-mukha-mardanam (with its commentary the Vidhvaṃśana): A polemical text addressing the Madhva school.<br /> Śivārkamaṇidīpikā: A commentary on the Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya.<br /> Śivādvaitanirṇaya and Śivatattvaviveka: Texts reconciling the Śivādvaita-Vedānta philosophy of Śrīkaṇṭha Śivācārya with Advaita-Vedānta. <br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāśrama'''<br /> <br /> Nṛsiṃhāśrama, (c. 16th century CE) was a prolific author whose works include:<br /> <br /> Bhedadhikkāra: &quot;Condemnation of difference&quot;, a polemical work addressing the Madhva school<br /> Tattvabodhini: Commentary on Sarvajñātman's Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka.<br /> Vedāntaratnakoṣa: Commentary on Padmapāda's Pancapādikā<br /> Bhāvaprakāṣikā: Commentary on Prakāṣātman's Vivaraṇa<br /> Advaitadīpikā and Tattvaviveka: Independent prakarana-grantha-s on Advaita-Vedānta.<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Popularly known as Sadāśiva-Brahmendra, he lived during the 18th century CE in the Tamil region. A disciple of the great Paramaśivendra Sarasvatī of Kanchipuram, he was fond of philosophical debate and could easily defeat any of his opponents. Realizing that this fondness for debate could take him away from his goal of mukti, his guru advised him to refrain from argumentation. From then onwards, he maintained silence most of the time, revelling in the bliss of a jīvanmukta.<br /> <br /> His most well known work is the Ātmavidyāvilāsa (&quot;Bliss of Self-knowledge&quot;), an ecstatic outpouring of a jīvanmukta. He also authored several other Sanskrit texts on Advaita-Vedanta, and composed several songs that remain popular in Carnatic classical music. <br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> Popularly known as Upaniṣad-Brahmayogin (18th century CE), he authored commentaries on all the 108 Upaniṣad-s listed in the Muktikopaniṣad, save those that had already been commented upon by Adi Shankaracharya.</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 834-848 CE, direct disciple of Sureśvarācārya.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānaghana'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 848-910 CE, author of the Tattvaśuddhi.<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jñānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jñānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Siṃhagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha during the 11th century CE. The agrahāra adjoining the Śṛṅgerī Pītha is named after him.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jñānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandabodha''' <br /> <br /> Ānandabodha, c. 12th century CE was the author of four dialectical works on Advaita-Vedanta written in the Navya-nyāya style viz., the Nyāyamakaranda, the Pramāṇamālā, the Nyāyadipāvalī and the Nyāyadīpikā.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandānubhava''' <br /> <br /> Author of the Padārthatattvanirṇaya, c. 12th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Anubhūtisvarūpācārya'''<br /> <br /> Anubhūtisvarūpācārya, c.12th/13th century CE authored the Prakaṭārtha-vivaraṇa on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya, as well as a Māṇḍūkya-kārikā-bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> Head of the Dvārakā Pīṭha during the 13th century CE, author of several ṭīkā-s and ṭippaṇa-s on the Upaniṣad-bhāṣya-s of Adi Shankaracharya. He is commonly known as the &quot;ṭīkākāra&quot; in the Advaita tradition.<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, authored works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively. He was a grand-disciple of Citsukha.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> Śaṃkarānanda, c. 13th/14th century CE, authored several Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s (among them the Māṇḍūkya and the Kau), as well as the Ātmapurāṇa and the Bhagavadgītā-tātparya-bodhinī.<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha for much of the 13th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Raṅgojī Bhaṭṭa'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

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<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: New page: category:Sages &lt;small&gt;By Ramesh Krishnamurthy&lt;/small&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Nityabodhaghana&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Jnānaghana&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Vācaspati Miśra&#039;&#039;&#039; ...</p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> '''Jnānaghana'''<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jnānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jnānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jnānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, wrote works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha for much of the 13th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Raṅgojī Bhaṭṭa'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Modern_Advaitins&diff=4901 2009-05-22T19:41:58Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> '''Jnānaghana'''<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jnānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jnānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jnānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, wrote works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha for much of the 13th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Raṅgojī Bhaṭṭa'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Modern_Advaitins&diff=4900 2009-05-22T19:27:34Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Nityabodhaghana'''<br /> <br /> '''Jnānaghana'''<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jnānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jnānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jnānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Ānandagiri'''<br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, wrote works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively.<br /> <br /> '''Śaṃkarānanda'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāśaṃkara Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> More popularly known as Vidyātīrtha, he was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha for much of the 13th century CE.<br /> <br /> '''Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha'''<br /> <br /> '''Vidyāraṇya'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadānanda Yogīndra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Appayya Dīkṣita'''<br /> <br /> '''Nṛsiṃhāś[[rama]]'''<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.<br /> <br /> '''Raṅgojī Bhaṭṭa'''<br /> <br /> '''Sadāśivendra Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Rāmacandrendra Sarasvatī'''</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Modern_Advaitins&diff=4899 2009-05-22T18:39:28Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara. &lt;br&gt;<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā) &lt;br&gt;<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jnānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jnānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jnānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, wrote works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Sants&diff=4898 2009-05-22T18:36:41Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: /* The Acharyas */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Author|Krishna Maheshwari}}<br /> A saint is one who lives in God or the Eternal, who is free from egoism, likes and dislikes, selfishness, vanity, mine-ness, lust, greed and anger, who is endowed with equal vision, balanced mind, mercy, tolerance, righteousness and cosmic love, and who has divine knowledge.<br /> <br /> Saints and sages are a blessing to the world at large. They are the custodians of superior divine wisdom, spiritual powers and inexhaustible spiritual wealth. Even kings bow their heads at their lotus feet. King Janaka said to Yajnavalkya, &quot;O venerable sage! I am grateful to your exalted holiness for obtaining the ancient wisdom of the Upanishads through your lofty and sublime instructions. I offer my whole kingdom at thy feet. Further, I am thy servant. I will wait on thee like a servant&quot;.<br /> <br /> Such is the magnanimous nature of saints and sages. Their very existence inspires others and goads them to become like them and attain the same state of bliss achieved by them. Had it not been for their existence, there would not have been spiritual uplift and salvation for you all. Their glory is indescribable. Their wisdom is unfathomable. They are deep like the ocean, steady like the Himalayas, pure like the Himalayan snow, effulgent like the sun. One crosses this terrible ocean of Samsara or births and deaths through their grace and Satsang. To be in their company is the highest education. To love them is the highest happiness. To be near them is real education.<br /> <br /> The saints wander from village to village and disseminate divine knowledge. They move from door to door and impart wisdom. They take a little for their bare maintenance and give the highest education, culture and enlightenment to the people. Their very life is exemplary. Whether they deliver lectures or not, whether they hold discourses or not, it matters little.<br /> <br /> Saints and sages only can become real advisers to the kings, because they are selfless and possess the highest wisdom. They only can improve the morality of the masses. They only can show the way to attain eternal bliss and immortality. Shivaji had Swami [[Ramdas]] as his adviser. King Dasaratha had Maharshi Vasishtha as his adviser.<br /> <br /> There is no caste among saints and sages. Cobblers, weavers and untouchables had become saints. Saints, to whatever clime they may belong, have left their footprints on the sands of time, so that others, who are true and faithful, may follow their track in search of the Eternal Truth. Their lives have ever remained an inspiration to us. Their glory has ever been green in our memory. Their teachings have ever flowed with the tide of life.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Saints of Ancient Times==<br /> * [[Maharshi Vyasa]]<br /> * [[Sage Yajnavalkya]]<br /> * Yogi Bhusanda<br /> * Dattatreya<br /> * Yogi Jaigisavya<br /> * Tirumala Nayanar<br /> * [[Valmiki]]<br /> <br /> ==The Acharyas==<br /> * [[Adi Shankaracharya]]<br /> * [[Sri Ramanuja Acharya]]<br /> * [[Madhvacharya]]<br /> * [[Vallabha Acharya]]<br /> * [[Nimbarka]]<br /> * Ramananda<br /> * [[Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<br /> * Saint Arunagiri<br /> <br /> ==Six Goswamis of Vrindavan==<br /> * Sri Rupa Goswami<br /> * Sanatana Goswami<br /> * Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami<br /> * Jiva Goswami<br /> * Gopala Bhatta Goswami<br /> * Raghunatha dasa Goswami<br /> <br /> ==Saints of Maharashtra==<br /> * [[Samarth Ramdas]]<br /> * [[Shri Krishna Saraswati Swami]]<br /> ** [[Sant Namdev]]<br /> * [[Sant Eknath]]<br /> * [[Sant Tukaram]]<br /> * [[Sant Dnyaneshwar]]<br /> * [[Shri Shankar Maharaj]]<br /> <br /> ==Saints of North India==<br /> * [[Goswami Tulsidas]]<br /> <br /> ==Saints of South India==<br /> * [[Purandara Dasa]]<br /> * [[Shri Trailanga Swami]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Women]] Saints==<br /> * [[Sant Meera Bai]]<br /> * [[Sant Janabai]]<br /> * [[Sant Bahinabai]]<br /> * [[Akka Mahadevi]]<br /> * [[Anandamayi Maa]]<br /> * [[Shree Sarada Devi]]<br /> * [[Sant Sakhubai]]<br /> * [[Shri Kalavati Mata]]<br /> * [[Sant Lalleshwari]]<br /> <br /> ==Bhakti Movement of modern day Tamil Nadu==<br /> Ancient Tamil Nadu saw two important Bhakti movements, which most probably preceded the philosophical movements of [[Adi Sankara]] and [[Ramanuja]] Acharya. The sages of the Bhakti movement worshiping [[Lord Shiva]] were called Nayanmars and those worshiping Lord [[Vishnu]] were called Azhwars. <br /> <br /> ===63 Nayanmars of Tamil Nadu===<br /> The story of 63 Nayanmars is chronicled in a book called “Periya puranam” written by Chekizhar who was an eminent poet of those times. Among those 63 sages, four Natyanmars were the most important and they were Appar, Thirugnana Sambandar, Thirunavukkarsar and Manika Vasagar. All of them were great poets and traveled through out Tamil Nadu visiting the [[Shiva]] [[temples]] and composing poems on the [[deities]] in each Temple. The work of Manika Vasagar who was a Kshatriya by caste is called as Thiru vasagam. ”Thiru Vasagathukku urugar Evvasagathukkum Urugar” meaning, ”those who do not melt for Thiruvasagam will never melt for any other book”, was a famous Tamil saying of those times.<br /> <br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;3&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* Sundaramurthi Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Neelakanta Nayanar<br /> * Iyarpahai Nayanar<br /> * Ilayankudi Mara Nayanar<br /> * Maiporul Nayanar<br /> * Viralminda Nayanar<br /> * Amaraneedi Nayanar<br /> * Eripatha Nayanar<br /> * Enadinatha Nayanar<br /> * Kannappa Nayanar<br /> * Kungiliya Kalaya Nayanar<br /> * Manakanchara Nayanar<br /> * Arivattaya Nayanar<br /> * Anaya Nayanar<br /> * Murthi Nayanar<br /> * Muruga Nayanar<br /> * Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Nalai Povar Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Kurippu Thonda Nayanar<br /> * Chandesvara Nayanar<br /> * Tiru-Navukkarasar Nayanar<br /> * Kulacchirai Nayanar<br /> * Perumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar<br /> * Karaikal Ammaiyar<br /> * Appuddi Nayanar<br /> * Tiruneelanakka Nayanar<br /> * Nami Nandi Adigal<br /> * Tiru Jnana Sambandar<br /> * Eyarkon Kalikama Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Mula Nayanar<br /> * Dandi Adigal Nayanar<br /> * Murkha Nayanar<br /> * Somasira Nayanar<br /> * Sakkiya Nayanar<br /> * Sirappuli Nayanar<br /> * Siruthonda Nayanar<br /> * Cheraman Perumal Nayanar<br /> * Gananatha Nayanar<br /> * Kootruva Nayanar<br /> * Pugal Chola Nayanar<br /> * Narasinga Muniyaraiyar<br /> * Adipattha Nayanar<br /> * Kalikamba Nayanar<br /> * Kalia Nayanar<br /> * Satti Nayanar<br /> * Aiyadigal Kadavarkon Nayanar<br /> * Kanampulla Nayanar<br /> * Kari Nayanar<br /> * Ninra Seer Nedumara Nayanar<br /> * Mangayarkarasiyar<br /> * Vayilar Nayanar<br /> * Munaiyaduvar Nayanar<br /> * Kazharsinga Nayanar<br /> * Seruthunai Nayanar<br /> * Idangazhi Nayanar<br /> * Pugazh Tunai Nayanar<br /> * Kotpuli Nayanar<br /> * Pusalar Nayanar<br /> * Nesa Nayanar<br /> * Kochengat Chola Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Neelakanta Yazhpanar<br /> * Sadaya Nayanar<br /> * Isaijnaniyar&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ===13 Azhwars===<br /> The Azhwars came from diverse caste groups and lived between 5th and 9th Century in southern India. Being great devotees of Lord [[Vishnu]], especially Ranghanatha, they composed beautiful devotional poetry in his praise. Their individual compositions were later compiled into a single scripture by the name &quot;Divya Prabhandam&quot;. <br /> <br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;3&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* Sundaramurthi Nayanar<br /> * [[Sant Andal]]<br /> * Kula sekhara<br /> * Poykai<br /> * Bhutam<br /> * Pey<br /> * Tirumazhisai<br /> * Nammalvar<br /> * Periyalvar<br /> * Madhurakavi<br /> * Tondar-adi-podi<br /> * Tiruppaan<br /> * Tirumangai&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Saints of Recent Times==<br /> * [[Neem Karoli Baba]]<br /> * [[Swami Rama Tirtha]]<br /> * [[Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]<br /> * [[Paramahamsa Yogananda]]<br /> * [[Shri Ramana Maharshi]]<br /> * [[Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]]<br /> ** [[Swami Vivekananda]]<br /> <br /> ==Others not yet classified==<br /> * [[Bhagwan Swaminarayan]]<br /> * [[Sant Shreedhar Swami Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Sant Gadge Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Sant Maniram Baba]]<br /> * [[Sant Gulabrao Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Tukdoji Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Pujya Shree Rang Avadhoot Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Narayana Guru]]<br /> * [[Baba Lokenath Brahmachari]]<br /> * [[Sri Yogaswami]]<br /> * [[Sant Dariya Saheb]]<br /> * [[Shri Swami Samarth]]<br /> * [[Sant Chokha Mela]]<br /> * [[Vidyaranya]]<br /> * [[Shri Allama Prabhu]]<br /> * [[Saint Mahatma Shri Basaveshwar]]<br /> * [[Appayya Dikshitar]]<br /> * [[Sant Dasganu]]<br /> * [[Meher Baba]]<br /> * [[Sri Narasimha Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Sripaad Shri Vallabh]]<br /> * [[Narayan Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Sant Surdas]]<br /> * [[Shri Gondavalekar Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Manik Prabhu Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Sadguru Shri Siddharudh Swamiji]]<br /> * [[Saint Gora Kumbhar]]<br /> * [[Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Sri Guru Raghavendra]]<br /> * [[Sri Parasara Bhattar]]<br /> * [[Shirdi Sai Baba]]<br /> ** [[Shri Upasani Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon]]<br /> * [[Vedanta Desikan|Swami Vedanta Desikan]]<br /> <br /> __NONSFOOTER__<br /> __NOFOOTER__</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Modern_Advaitins&diff=4897 2009-05-22T18:31:43Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: New page: category:Sages &lt;small&gt;By Ramesh Krishnamurthy&lt;/small&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Vācaspati Miśra&#039;&#039;&#039; Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the ...</p> <hr /> <div>[[category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> '''Vācaspati Miśra'''<br /> <br /> Vācaspati Miśra, c. 10th century CE, was a gṛhastha scholar from the Mithilā region in modern Bihar state (bordering Nepal). He was knowledgeable in several disciplines connected to the [[Dharma]] and is traditionally hailed as a sarva-tantra-svatantra.<br /> <br /> The uniqueness of Vācaspati Miśra was his ability to write on almost every darśana with the perspective of an insider. This is perhaps unparalleled in the history of the Dharma.<br /> <br /> Perhaps his most well-known work is the Bhāmatī, an exposition of [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya. Tradition holds that he was so engrossed in his scholarly endeavours that he paid no attention to his household responsibilities. Throughout this period his wife, Bhāmatī, served him dutifully without making any demands on his time. In recognition of her silent contribution, he named his magnum opus after her. The Bhāmatī has been an influential text with many sub-commentaries having appeared over the centuries. Together with its sub-commentaries, the Bhāmatī forms a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-[[Vedanta]], known as the Bhāmatī school.<br /> <br /> His well known works are:<br /> <br /> Bhāmatī: A commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya (Advaita-Vedanta)<br /> Tattvakaumudi: A commentary on the Sāṃkhya-kārikā-s of Īśvara Kṛṣṇa<br /> Tattvavaiśāradi: A commentary of the Yogasūtra-s (of Patañjali) and the Yogasūtra Bhāṣya of Vyāsa.<br /> Nyāyasūcīnibandha: A treatise on Nyāya.<br /> Nyāyavārttika-tātparya-tīkā: An explanatory treatise on the Nyāyavārttika of Uddyotakara.<br /> Nyāyakaṇikā: A commentary on Maṇḍana Miśra's Vidhiviveka (Mīmāṃsā)<br /> Tattvabindu: A treatise on grammar and language.<br /> <br /> '''Prakāṣātman'''<br /> <br /> Prakāṣātman, c.10th century CE, is well-known as the author of a Vivaraṇa to Padmapāda's Pancapādikā. The Pancapādikā-Vivaraṇa spawned a distinct intellectual current within Advaita-Vedanta, known as the Vivaraṇa school. Prakāṣātman's other works include the Śabdanirṇaya and the Nyāyamuktāvalī (a commentary on the Brahmasūtra-s).<br /> <br /> '''Sarvajñātman'''<br /> <br /> Sarvajñātman, c. 10th century CE, is well-known as the author of the Saṃkṣepa-Śārīraka (a concise exposition of Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya). His other works include the Pancaprakriyā and the Pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa.<br /> <br /> '''Jnānottama'''<br /> <br /> Jnānottama was the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 910-954 CE. He wrote the Vidyāśrī, a sub-commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya.<br /> <br /> '''Śrīharṣa'''<br /> <br /> Śrīharṣa, c. 12th century CE, wrote the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, considered to be one of the most difficult works in Advaita-Vedanta. The difficulty arises partly due to the extensive use of destructive dialectical methods to demolish dualistic views, and partly due to complicated [[Sanskrit]] language constructions. His other well-known work is the Naiśāda-carita, based on the story of Nala and Damayantī.<br /> <br /> '''Citsukha''' <br /> <br /> Citsukha, c. 12th century CE, was a disciple of Jnānottama. He was a master of destructive dialectic in the mould of Śrīharṣa, as exhibited in his magnum opus, the Tattvapradīpikā (popularly known as the Citsukhī). He also wrote commentaries on the Khaṇḍana-khaṇḍa-khādya, the Brahmasiddhi and the Naiṣkarmyasiddhi. <br /> <br /> '''Amalānanda'''<br /> <br /> Amalānanda, c. 13th century CE, wrote works on both the Bhāmatī and Vivaraṇa schools viz., the Kalpataru and the Pancapādikā-darpaṇa respectively.<br /> <br /> '''Madhusūdana Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> '''Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī'''<br /> <br /> Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī, c. 16th century CE, authored the Vedāntasiddhānta-muktāvalī, a treatise known for its exposition of dṛṣṭi-śṛṣṭi-vāda (creation simultaneous with cognition) as an empirical theory of causality within Advaita-[[Vedanta]].<br /> <br /> '''Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra'''<br /> <br /> A gṛhastha scholar from southern India, Dharmarāja Adhvarīndra (c. 16th century CE) authored the Vedānta Paribhāṣā, a widely used epistemological work on Advaita-Vedanta generally identified with the Vivaraṇa school.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Sants&diff=4896 2009-05-22T16:36:38Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: /* The Acharyas */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Author|Krishna Maheshwari}}<br /> A saint is one who lives in God or the Eternal, who is free from egoism, likes and dislikes, selfishness, vanity, mine-ness, lust, greed and anger, who is endowed with equal vision, balanced mind, mercy, tolerance, righteousness and cosmic love, and who has divine knowledge.<br /> <br /> Saints and sages are a blessing to the world at large. They are the custodians of superior divine wisdom, spiritual powers and inexhaustible spiritual wealth. Even kings bow their heads at their lotus feet. King Janaka said to Yajnavalkya, &quot;O venerable sage! I am grateful to your exalted holiness for obtaining the ancient wisdom of the Upanishads through your lofty and sublime instructions. I offer my whole kingdom at thy feet. Further, I am thy servant. I will wait on thee like a servant&quot;.<br /> <br /> Such is the magnanimous nature of saints and sages. Their very existence inspires others and goads them to become like them and attain the same state of bliss achieved by them. Had it not been for their existence, there would not have been spiritual uplift and salvation for you all. Their glory is indescribable. Their wisdom is unfathomable. They are deep like the ocean, steady like the Himalayas, pure like the Himalayan snow, effulgent like the sun. One crosses this terrible ocean of Samsara or births and deaths through their grace and Satsang. To be in their company is the highest education. To love them is the highest happiness. To be near them is real education.<br /> <br /> The saints wander from village to village and disseminate divine knowledge. They move from door to door and impart wisdom. They take a little for their bare maintenance and give the highest education, culture and enlightenment to the people. Their very life is exemplary. Whether they deliver lectures or not, whether they hold discourses or not, it matters little.<br /> <br /> Saints and sages only can become real advisers to the kings, because they are selfless and possess the highest wisdom. They only can improve the morality of the masses. They only can show the way to attain eternal bliss and immortality. Shivaji had Swami [[Ramdas]] as his adviser. King Dasaratha had Maharshi Vasishtha as his adviser.<br /> <br /> There is no caste among saints and sages. Cobblers, weavers and untouchables had become saints. Saints, to whatever clime they may belong, have left their footprints on the sands of time, so that others, who are true and faithful, may follow their track in search of the Eternal Truth. Their lives have ever remained an inspiration to us. Their glory has ever been green in our memory. Their teachings have ever flowed with the tide of life.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Saints of Ancient Times==<br /> * [[Maharshi Vyasa]]<br /> * [[Sage Yajnavalkya]]<br /> * Yogi Bhusanda<br /> * Dattatreya<br /> * Yogi Jaigisavya<br /> * Tirumala Nayanar<br /> * [[Valmiki]]<br /> <br /> ==The Acharyas==<br /> * [[Adi Shankaracharya]]<br /> * Post-Shankaran Advaitins<br /> * [[Sri Ramanuja Acharya]]<br /> * [[Madhvacharya]]<br /> * [[Vallabha Acharya]]<br /> * [[Nimbarka]]<br /> * Ramananda<br /> * [[Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<br /> * Saint Arunagiri<br /> <br /> ==Six Goswamis of Vrindavan==<br /> * Sri Rupa Goswami<br /> * Sanatana Goswami<br /> * Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami<br /> * Jiva Goswami<br /> * Gopala Bhatta Goswami<br /> * Raghunatha dasa Goswami<br /> <br /> ==Saints of Maharashtra==<br /> * [[Samarth Ramdas]]<br /> * [[Shri Krishna Saraswati Swami]]<br /> ** [[Sant Namdev]]<br /> * [[Sant Eknath]]<br /> * [[Sant Tukaram]]<br /> * [[Sant Dnyaneshwar]]<br /> * [[Shri Shankar Maharaj]]<br /> <br /> ==Saints of North India==<br /> * [[Goswami Tulsidas]]<br /> <br /> ==Saints of South India==<br /> * [[Purandara Dasa]]<br /> * [[Shri Trailanga Swami]]<br /> <br /> ==[[Women]] Saints==<br /> * [[Sant Meera Bai]]<br /> * [[Sant Janabai]]<br /> * [[Sant Bahinabai]]<br /> * [[Akka Mahadevi]]<br /> * [[Anandamayi Maa]]<br /> * [[Shree Sarada Devi]]<br /> * [[Sant Sakhubai]]<br /> * [[Shri Kalavati Mata]]<br /> * [[Sant Lalleshwari]]<br /> <br /> ==Bhakti Movement of modern day Tamil Nadu==<br /> Ancient Tamil Nadu saw two important Bhakti movements, which most probably preceded the philosophical movements of [[Adi Sankara]] and [[Ramanuja]] Acharya. The sages of the Bhakti movement worshiping [[Lord Shiva]] were called Nayanmars and those worshiping Lord [[Vishnu]] were called Azhwars. <br /> <br /> ===63 Nayanmars of Tamil Nadu===<br /> The story of 63 Nayanmars is chronicled in a book called “Periya puranam” written by Chekizhar who was an eminent poet of those times. Among those 63 sages, four Natyanmars were the most important and they were Appar, Thirugnana Sambandar, Thirunavukkarsar and Manika Vasagar. All of them were great poets and traveled through out Tamil Nadu visiting the [[Shiva]] [[temples]] and composing poems on the [[deities]] in each Temple. The work of Manika Vasagar who was a Kshatriya by caste is called as Thiru vasagam. ”Thiru Vasagathukku urugar Evvasagathukkum Urugar” meaning, ”those who do not melt for Thiruvasagam will never melt for any other book”, was a famous Tamil saying of those times.<br /> <br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;3&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* Sundaramurthi Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Neelakanta Nayanar<br /> * Iyarpahai Nayanar<br /> * Ilayankudi Mara Nayanar<br /> * Maiporul Nayanar<br /> * Viralminda Nayanar<br /> * Amaraneedi Nayanar<br /> * Eripatha Nayanar<br /> * Enadinatha Nayanar<br /> * Kannappa Nayanar<br /> * Kungiliya Kalaya Nayanar<br /> * Manakanchara Nayanar<br /> * Arivattaya Nayanar<br /> * Anaya Nayanar<br /> * Murthi Nayanar<br /> * Muruga Nayanar<br /> * Rudra Pasupathi Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Nalai Povar Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Kurippu Thonda Nayanar<br /> * Chandesvara Nayanar<br /> * Tiru-Navukkarasar Nayanar<br /> * Kulacchirai Nayanar<br /> * Perumizhalai Kurumba Nayanar<br /> * Karaikal Ammaiyar<br /> * Appuddi Nayanar<br /> * Tiruneelanakka Nayanar<br /> * Nami Nandi Adigal<br /> * Tiru Jnana Sambandar<br /> * Eyarkon Kalikama Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Mula Nayanar<br /> * Dandi Adigal Nayanar<br /> * Murkha Nayanar<br /> * Somasira Nayanar<br /> * Sakkiya Nayanar<br /> * Sirappuli Nayanar<br /> * Siruthonda Nayanar<br /> * Cheraman Perumal Nayanar<br /> * Gananatha Nayanar<br /> * Kootruva Nayanar<br /> * Pugal Chola Nayanar<br /> * Narasinga Muniyaraiyar<br /> * Adipattha Nayanar<br /> * Kalikamba Nayanar<br /> * Kalia Nayanar<br /> * Satti Nayanar<br /> * Aiyadigal Kadavarkon Nayanar<br /> * Kanampulla Nayanar<br /> * Kari Nayanar<br /> * Ninra Seer Nedumara Nayanar<br /> * Mangayarkarasiyar<br /> * Vayilar Nayanar<br /> * Munaiyaduvar Nayanar<br /> * Kazharsinga Nayanar<br /> * Seruthunai Nayanar<br /> * Idangazhi Nayanar<br /> * Pugazh Tunai Nayanar<br /> * Kotpuli Nayanar<br /> * Pusalar Nayanar<br /> * Nesa Nayanar<br /> * Kochengat Chola Nayanar<br /> * Tiru Neelakanta Yazhpanar<br /> * Sadaya Nayanar<br /> * Isaijnaniyar&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ===13 Azhwars===<br /> The Azhwars came from diverse caste groups and lived between 5th and 9th Century in southern India. Being great devotees of Lord [[Vishnu]], especially Ranghanatha, they composed beautiful devotional poetry in his praise. Their individual compositions were later compiled into a single scripture by the name &quot;Divya Prabhandam&quot;. <br /> <br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;3&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* Sundaramurthi Nayanar<br /> * [[Sant Andal]]<br /> * Kula sekhara<br /> * Poykai<br /> * Bhutam<br /> * Pey<br /> * Tirumazhisai<br /> * Nammalvar<br /> * Periyalvar<br /> * Madhurakavi<br /> * Tondar-adi-podi<br /> * Tiruppaan<br /> * Tirumangai&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Saints of Recent Times==<br /> * [[Neem Karoli Baba]]<br /> * [[Swami Rama Tirtha]]<br /> * [[Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]<br /> * [[Paramahamsa Yogananda]]<br /> * [[Shri Ramana Maharshi]]<br /> * [[Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]]<br /> ** [[Swami Vivekananda]]<br /> <br /> ==Others not yet classified==<br /> * [[Bhagwan Swaminarayan]]<br /> * [[Sant Shreedhar Swami Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Sant Gadge Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Sant Maniram Baba]]<br /> * [[Sant Gulabrao Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Tukdoji Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Pujya Shree Rang Avadhoot Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Narayana Guru]]<br /> * [[Baba Lokenath Brahmachari]]<br /> * [[Sri Yogaswami]]<br /> * [[Sant Dariya Saheb]]<br /> * [[Shri Swami Samarth]]<br /> * [[Sant Chokha Mela]]<br /> * [[Vidyaranya]]<br /> * [[Shri Allama Prabhu]]<br /> * [[Saint Mahatma Shri Basaveshwar]]<br /> * [[Appayya Dikshitar]]<br /> * [[Sant Dasganu]]<br /> * [[Meher Baba]]<br /> * [[Sri Narasimha Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Sripaad Shri Vallabh]]<br /> * [[Narayan Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Sant Surdas]]<br /> * [[Shri Gondavalekar Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Manik Prabhu Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Sadguru Shri Siddharudh Swamiji]]<br /> * [[Saint Gora Kumbhar]]<br /> * [[Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati]]<br /> * [[Sri Guru Raghavendra]]<br /> * [[Sri Parasara Bhattar]]<br /> * [[Shirdi Sai Baba]]<br /> ** [[Shri Upasani Maharaj]]<br /> * [[Shri Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon]]<br /> * [[Vedanta Desikan|Swami Vedanta Desikan]]<br /> <br /> __NONSFOOTER__<br /> __NOFOOTER__</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Vidyaranya&diff=4895 2009-05-22T16:13:38Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> &lt;small&gt;By [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmaṇa family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become on the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Many of these works were jointly authored by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]]. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Vaiyāsika-nyāya-mālā: An exposition of the Brahmasūtra-s.<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, also called Vākyasudhā (&quot;Nectar of speech&quot;). This work is sometimes wrongly attributed to [[Adi Shankaracharya]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra and Dharma-śāstra.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Vidyaranya&diff=4894 2009-05-22T15:55:07Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmaṇa family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become on the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Many of these works were jointly authored by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]]. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Vaiyāsika-nyāya-mālā: An exposition of the Brahmasūtra-s.<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, also called Vākyasudhā (&quot;Nectar of speech&quot;). This work is sometimes wrongly attributed to [[Adi Shankaracharya]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra and Dharma-śāstra.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Vidyaranya&diff=4893 2009-05-22T15:54:05Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: /* Scholarship and spiritual attainments */</p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmana family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become on the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Many of these works were jointly authored by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]]. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Vaiyāsika-nyāya-mālā: An exposition of the Brahmasūtra-s.<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, also called Vākyasudhā (&quot;Nectar of speech&quot;). This work is sometimes wrongly attributed to [[Adi Shankaracharya]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on Adi Shankaracharya's Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra and Dharma-śāstra.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Vidyaranya&diff=4892 2009-05-22T15:41:18Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: /* Scholarship and spiritual attainments */</p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmana family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become on the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, a joint work on Advaita-Vedanta by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra and Dharma-śāstra.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Vidyaranya&diff=4891 2009-05-22T15:36:03Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmana family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become on the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, a joint work on Advaita-Vedanta by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra, Dharma-śāstra.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Vidyaranya&diff=4890 2009-05-22T15:34:34Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[image:Vidyaranya-image.jpg]]<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya great and famous saint who is known as the founder of Karnataka. When people had lost all hope, he provided inspiration to Hakka and Bukka who tilled the people with hope and courage. He adorned the Sharada Peetha of Sringeri. He strove to strengthen the foundations of the Vijayanagar Empire.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * [http://www.sringerisharadapeetham.org/jagadgurus/vidyaranya.php]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sages]]<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya (Vidyāraṇya), the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha from 1380-1386 CE, was one of the foremost sages in the tradition of Advaita-[[Vedanta]]. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Vijayanagara empire that played a critical role in preserving the [[Dharma]] in southern India during the tumultuous medieval period.<br /> <br /> Vidyaranya's younger brother was his predecessor as the head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, under the yogapaṭṭa of Bharati [[Krishna]] [[Tirtha]] (Bhāratī Kṛṣṇa Tīrtha). Under the leadership of the two great teachers, the Śṛṅgerī Pītha enjoyed a period of eminence with flourishing scholarship and spiritual attainment.<br /> <br /> The two brothers were born in a poor Brāhmana family near the present town of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh state in the early 1300s of the CE. The younger brother left home at an early age and was initiated into saṃnyāsa by the then head of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha, Sri Vidyashankara Tirtha (Vidyāsaṃkara Tīrtha). Mādhava (as Vidyāraṇya was known in his purvāś[[rama]]) followed in search of his brother and also became a saṃnyāsin.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Establishment of Vijayanagara''' ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was approached by the brothers Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya in 1336 CE for guidance. The brothers, sons of Sangama who was slain by the rulers of the Sultanate in Delhi, had been captured by the Sultan and imprisoned in Delhi. The Sultan sought to use them as warriors to quell rebellions in southern India. Seeing the opportunity, the brothers declared their independence and established their capital on the banks of the Tungabhadra river in what is now the state of Karnataka.<br /> <br /> Under the guidance of Sri Vidyaranya, the brothers sought to establish a kingdom to preserve the [[Dharma]]. Harihara Raya, the elder brother, became the first king of the fledgling kingdom, soon to become on the greatest empires in Indian history. The capital was initially named Vidyānagara in honour of the sage, but came to known as Vijayanagara in due course. Harihara Raya acknowledged Sri Vidyaranya as his guru and placed his imperial insignia at the latter's feet. Since then, the heads of the Śṛṅgerī Pītha have been known by the title &quot;Karṇāṭaka siṃhāsana pratiṣṭhāpanācārya&quot;.<br /> <br /> <br /> == '''Scholarship and spiritual attainments''' ==<br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya was a person of encyclopedic learning and authored several works on various topics connected to the Dharma. Some of his well known works include: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Pañcadaśī: A 15-chaptered work on Advaita-Vedanta and an exhaustive exposition of the system. One of the most well known works in the history of the tradition.<br /> <br /> Jīvanmuktiviveka: &quot;Inquiry into liberation while living&quot;, a work on Advaita-Vedanta directed mainly at saṃnyāsin-s. It is well known for its categorization of different levels of spiritual attainment and its emphasis on manonāśa (literally, &quot;destruction of the mind&quot;) and vāsanākṣaya (sublation of mental impressions) for jīvanmukti (liberation while living).<br /> <br /> Dṛk-dṛśya-viveka: &quot;Inquiry into the nature of the seer and the seen&quot;, a joint work on Advaita-Vedanta by Vidyaranya and his predecessor Sri Bharati Krishna [[Tirtha]].<br /> <br /> Upaniṣad-dīpikā-s: Short commentaries on the Aitareya and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad-s.<br /> <br /> Aparokṣānubhūti Tīkā: A short commentary on [[Adi Shankaracharya]]'s Aparokṣānubhūti.<br /> <br /> Srīvidyārṇava: A [[mantra]]-śāstra compendium aligned to the Srīvidyā tradition of Tantra.<br /> <br /> Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha: An exposition of 16 philosophical traditions.<br /> <br /> Parāśara smṛti vyākhyāna: An exposition of the Parāśara Smṛti, a Dharma-śāstra text.<br /> <br /> Mādhavīya-Śaṃkara-Digvijayam: A biography of Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> <br /> Sri Vidyaranya is considered to have been one of the enlightened sages in the Advaita-[[Vedanta]] tradition, and a master of various branches of Dharmic learning including [[Yoga]]-śāstra, Mīmāṃsā, [[mantra]]-śāstra, Tantra, Dharma-śāstra.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Totakashtakam&diff=4889 2009-05-22T11:24:13Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> <br /> By Totakacharya &lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> Totakacharya (Toṭakācārya) was the one of the four closest disciples of [[Adi Shankaracharya]], and is traditionally regarded as the first head of the northern āmnāya pīṭha (Jyotirmaṭha in modern day Uttarakhand state) established by Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> He is said to have composed this octet in praise of his Guru.<br /> <br /> viditākhilaśāstrasudhājaladhe mahitopaniṣat kathitārthanidhe &lt;br&gt;<br /> hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṁ caraṇaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [1]<br /> <br /> The knower of the nectar-ocean of all the śāstra-s, the teacher of the upaniṣadic treasure, I meditate in my heart on your lotus feet; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> karuṇāvaruṇālaya pālaya māṁ bhavasāgaraduḥkhavidūnahṛdam &lt;br&gt;<br /> racayākhiladarśanatattvavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [2] <br /> <br /> O abode of oceanic compassion, my heart is afflicted with the pain of the bhavasāgara (ocean of births, i.e. samsāra), make me the knower of the truths of all the darśana-s; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā nijabodhavicāraṇa cārumate &lt;br&gt;<br /> kalayeśvarajīvavivekavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [3]<br /> <br /> People find joy through You, who has the noble intellect for inquiry into the nature of the Self,<br /> teach me the knowledge of Iśvara and jīva; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṁ samajāyata cetasi kautukitā &lt;br&gt;<br /> mama vāraya mohamahājaladhiṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇaṁ [4]<br /> <br /> You are [[Shiva]] himself, knowing this I am filled with joy.<br /> Protect me from the vast ocean of delusionary attachments; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> sukṛte 'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato bhavitā samadarśanalālasatā &lt;br&gt;<br /> atidīnamimaṁ paripālaya māṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [5]<br /> <br /> When virtuous deeds have been performed in abundance, only then arises the desire for the samadarśana (vision of sameness, i.e. the knowledge of non-duality). Protect me who is extremely helpless; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> jagatīmavituṁ kalitākṛtayo vicaranti mahāmahasaśchalataḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> ahimāṁśurivātra vibhāsi guro bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [6]<br /> <br /> To save the world, great men wander around having assumed various guises. Among them, You shine like the Sun; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> gurupuṁgava puṁgavaketana te samatāmayatāṁ nahi ko 'pi sudhīḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> śaraṇāgatavatsala tattvanidhe bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [7]<br /> <br /> O best among teachers, the Lord who bears the bull as his emblem, who lovingly accepts those who seek refuge, who is the ocean of truth; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> viditā na mayā viśadaikakalā na ca kiṁcana kāñcanamasti guro &lt;br&gt;<br /> drutameva vidhehi kṛpāṁ sahajāṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [8]<br /> <br /> I do not clearly understand any branch of knowledge, nor do I possess any wealth. Grant me the grace that is natural to You; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Totakashtakam&diff=4888 2009-05-22T11:20:46Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> <br /> By Totakacharya &lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> Totakacharya (Toṭakācārya) was the one of the four closest disciples of [[Adi Shankaracharya]], and is traditionally regarded as the first head of the northern āmnāya pīṭha (Jyotirmaṭha in modern day Uttarakhand state) established by Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> He is said to have composed this octet in praise of his Guru.<br /> <br /> viditākhilaśāstrasudhājaladhe mahitopaniṣat kathitārthanidhe &lt;br&gt;<br /> hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṁ caraṇaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [1]<br /> <br /> The knower of the nectar-ocean of all the śāstra-s, the teacher of the upaniṣadic treasure, I mediate in my heart on your lotus feet; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> karuṇāvaruṇālaya pālaya māṁ bhavasāgaraduḥkhavidūnahṛdam &lt;br&gt;<br /> racayākhiladarśanatattvavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [2] <br /> <br /> O abode of oceanic compassion, my heart is afflicted with the pain of the bhavasāgara (ocean of births, i.e. samsāra), make me the knower of the truths of all the darśana-s; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā nijabodhavicāraṇa cārumate &lt;br&gt;<br /> kalayeśvarajīvavivekavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [3]<br /> <br /> People find joy through You, who has the noble intellect for inquiry into the nature of the Self,<br /> teach me the knowledge of Iśvara and jīva; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> <br /> bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṁ samajāyata cetasi kautukitā &lt;br&gt;<br /> mama vāraya mohamahājaladhiṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇaṁ [4]<br /> <br /> You are [[Shiva]] himself, knowing this I am filled with joy.<br /> Protect me from the vast ocean of delusionary attachments; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> sukṛte 'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato bhavitā samadarśanalālasatā &lt;br&gt;<br /> atidīnamimaṁ paripālaya māṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [5]<br /> <br /> When virtuous deeds have been performed in abundance, only then arises the desire for the samadarśana (vision of sameness, i.e. the knowledge of non-duality). Protect me who is extremely helpless; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> jagatīmavituṁ kalitākṛtayo vicaranti mahāmahasaśchalataḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> ahimāṁśurivātra vibhāsi guro bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [6]<br /> <br /> To save the world, great men wander around having assumed various guises. Among them, You shine like the Sun; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> gurupuṁgava puṁgavaketana te samatāmayatāṁ nahi ko 'pi sudhīḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> śaraṇāgatavatsala tattvanidhe bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [7]<br /> <br /> O best among teachers, the Lord who bears the bull as his emblem, who is commpassionate to those who seek refuge, the ocean of truth; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> viditā na mayā viśadaikakalā na ca kiṁcana kāñcanamasti guro &lt;br&gt;<br /> drutameva vidhehi kṛpāṁ sahajāṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [8]<br /> <br /> I do not clearly understand any branch of knowledge, nor do I possess any wealth. Grant me the grace that is natural to You; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Totakashtakam&diff=4887 2009-05-22T09:40:44Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> <br /> By Totakacharya &lt;br&gt;<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> Totakacharya (Toṭakācārya) was the one of the four closest disciples of [[Adi Shankaracharya]], and is traditional regarded as the first head of the northern āmnāya pīṭha (Jyotirmaṭha in modern day Uttarakhand state) established by Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> He is said to have composed this octet in praise of his Guru.<br /> <br /> viditākhilaśāstrasudhājaladhe mahitopaniṣat kathitārthanidhe &lt;br&gt;<br /> hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṁ caraṇaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [1]<br /> <br /> The knower of the nectar-ocean of all the śāstra-s, the teacher of the upaniṣadic treasure, I mediate in my heart on your lotus feet; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> karuṇāvaruṇālaya pālaya māṁ bhavasāgaraduḥkhavidūnahṛdam &lt;br&gt;<br /> racayākhiladarśanatattvavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [2] <br /> <br /> O abode of oceanic compassion, my heart is afflicted with the pain of the bhavasāgara (ocean of births, i.e. samsāra), make me the knower of the truths of all the darśana-s; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā nijabodhavicāraṇa cārumate &lt;br&gt;<br /> kalayeśvarajīvavivekavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [3]<br /> <br /> People find joy through You, who has the noble intellect for inquiry into the nature of the Self,<br /> teach me the knowledge of Iśvara and jīva; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> <br /> bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṁ samajāyata cetasi kautukitā &lt;br&gt;<br /> mama vāraya mohamahājaladhiṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇaṁ [4]<br /> <br /> You are [[Shiva]] himself, knowing this I am filled with joy.<br /> Protect me from the vast ocean of delusionary attachments; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> sukṛte 'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato bhavitā samadarśanalālasatā &lt;br&gt;<br /> atidīnamimaṁ paripālaya māṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [5]<br /> <br /> When virtuous deeds have been performed in abundance, only then arises the desire for the samadarśana (vision of sameness, i.e. the knowledge of non-duality). Protect me who is extremely helpless; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> jagatīmavituṁ kalitākṛtayo vicaranti mahāmahasaśchalataḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> ahimāṁśurivātra vibhāsi guro bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [6]<br /> <br /> To save the world, great men wander around having assumed various guises. Among them, You shine like the Sun; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> gurupuṁgava puṁgavaketana te samatāmayatāṁ nahi ko 'pi sudhīḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> śaraṇāgatavatsala tattvanidhe bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [7]<br /> <br /> O best among teachers, the Lord who bears the bull as his emblem, who is commpassionate to those who seek refuge, the ocean of truth; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> viditā na mayā viśadaikakalā na ca kiṁcana kāñcanamasti guro &lt;br&gt;<br /> drutameva vidhehi kṛpāṁ sahajāṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [8]<br /> <br /> I do not clearly understand any branch of knowledge, nor do I possess any wealth. Grant me the grace that is natural to You; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Totakashtakam&diff=4886 2009-05-22T09:40:20Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> <br /> By Totakacharya<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> Totakacharya (Toṭakācārya) was the one of the four closest disciples of [[Adi Shankaracharya]], and is traditional regarded as the first head of the northern āmnāya pīṭha (Jyotirmaṭha in modern day Uttarakhand state) established by Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> He is said to have composed this octet in praise of his Guru.<br /> <br /> viditākhilaśāstrasudhājaladhe mahitopaniṣat kathitārthanidhe &lt;br&gt;<br /> hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṁ caraṇaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [1]<br /> <br /> The knower of the nectar-ocean of all the śāstra-s, the teacher of the upaniṣadic treasure, I mediate in my heart on your lotus feet; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> karuṇāvaruṇālaya pālaya māṁ bhavasāgaraduḥkhavidūnahṛdam &lt;br&gt;<br /> racayākhiladarśanatattvavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [2] <br /> <br /> O abode of oceanic compassion, my heart is afflicted with the pain of the bhavasāgara (ocean of births, i.e. samsāra), make me the knower of the truths of all the darśana-s; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā nijabodhavicāraṇa cārumate &lt;br&gt;<br /> kalayeśvarajīvavivekavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [3]<br /> <br /> People find joy through You, who has the noble intellect for inquiry into the nature of the Self,<br /> teach me the knowledge of Iśvara and jīva; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> <br /> bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṁ samajāyata cetasi kautukitā &lt;br&gt;<br /> mama vāraya mohamahājaladhiṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇaṁ [4]<br /> <br /> You are [[Shiva]] himself, knowing this I am filled with joy.<br /> Protect me from the vast ocean of delusionary attachments; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> sukṛte 'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato bhavitā samadarśanalālasatā &lt;br&gt;<br /> atidīnamimaṁ paripālaya māṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [5]<br /> <br /> When virtuous deeds have been performed in abundance, only then arises the desire for the samadarśana (vision of sameness, i.e. the knowledge of non-duality). Protect me who is extremely helpless; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> jagatīmavituṁ kalitākṛtayo vicaranti mahāmahasaśchalataḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> ahimāṁśurivātra vibhāsi guro bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [6]<br /> <br /> To save the world, great men wander around having assumed various guises. Among them, You shine like the Sun; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> gurupuṁgava puṁgavaketana te samatāmayatāṁ nahi ko 'pi sudhīḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> śaraṇāgatavatsala tattvanidhe bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [7]<br /> <br /> O best among teachers, the Lord who bears the bull as his emblem, who is commpassionate to those who seek refuge, the ocean of truth; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> viditā na mayā viśadaikakalā na ca kiṁcana kāñcanamasti guro &lt;br&gt;<br /> drutameva vidhehi kṛpāṁ sahajāṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [8]<br /> <br /> I do not clearly understand any branch of knowledge, nor do I possess any wealth. Grant me the grace that is natural to You; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Totakashtakam&diff=4885 2009-05-22T09:31:51Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: New page: Toṭakācārya was the one of the four closest disciples of Adi Shankaracharya, and is traditional regarded as the first head of the northern āmnāya pīṭha (Jyotirmaṭha in mod...</p> <hr /> <div><br /> <br /> Toṭakācārya was the one of the four closest disciples of [[Adi Shankaracharya]], and is traditional regarded as the first head of the northern āmnāya pīṭha (Jyotirmaṭha in modern day Uttarakhand state) established by Adi Shankaracharya.<br /> <br /> He is said to have composed this octet in praise of his Guru.<br /> <br /> viditākhilaśāstrasudhājaladhe mahitopaniṣat kathitārthanidhe &lt;br&gt;<br /> hṛdaye kalaye vimalaṁ caraṇaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [1]<br /> <br /> The knower of the nectar-ocean of all the śāstra-s, the teacher of the upaniṣadic treasure, I mediate in my heart on your lotus feet; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> karuṇāvaruṇālaya pālaya māṁ bhavasāgaraduḥkhavidūnahṛdam &lt;br&gt;<br /> racayākhiladarśanatattvavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [2] <br /> <br /> O abode of oceanic compassion, my heart is afflicted with the pain of the bhavasāgara (ocean of births, i.e. samsāra), make me the knower of the truths of all the darśana-s; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> bhavatā janatā suhitā bhavitā nijabodhavicāraṇa cārumate &lt;br&gt;<br /> kalayeśvarajīvavivekavidaṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [3]<br /> <br /> People find joy through You, who has the noble intellect for inquiry into the nature of the Self,<br /> teach me the knowledge of Iśvara and jīva; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> <br /> bhava eva bhavāniti me nitarāṁ samajāyata cetasi kautukitā &lt;br&gt;<br /> mama vāraya mohamahājaladhiṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇaṁ [4]<br /> <br /> You are [[Shiva]] himself, knowing this I am filled with joy.<br /> Protect me from the vast ocean of delusionary attachments; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara<br /> <br /> sukṛte 'dhikṛte bahudhā bhavato bhavitā samadarśanalālasatā &lt;br&gt;<br /> atidīnamimaṁ paripālaya māṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [5]<br /> <br /> When virtuous deeds have been performed in abundance, only then arises the desire for the samadarśana (vision of sameness, i.e. the knowledge of non-duality). Protect me who is extremely helpless; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> jagatīmavituṁ kalitākṛtayo vicaranti mahāmahasaśchalataḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> ahimāṁśurivātra vibhāsi guro bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [6]<br /> <br /> To save the world, great men wander around having assumed various guises. Among them, You shine like the Sun; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> gurupuṁgava puṁgavaketana te samatāmayatāṁ nahi ko 'pi sudhīḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> śaraṇāgatavatsala tattvanidhe bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [7]<br /> <br /> O best among teachers, the Lord who bears the bull as his emblem, who is commpassionate to those who seek refuge, the ocean of truth; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.<br /> <br /> viditā na mayā viśadaikakalā na ca kiṁcana kāñcanamasti guro &lt;br&gt;<br /> drutameva vidhehi kṛpāṁ sahajāṁ bhava śaṁkara deśika me śaraṇam [8]<br /> <br /> I do not clearly understand any branch of knowledge, nor do I possess any wealth. Grant me the grace that is natural to You; be thou my refuge, O preceptor Śaṁkara.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Thodagashtakam&diff=4884 2009-05-22T06:44:13Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>By Totakacharya&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:P.R.Ramachander|P. R. Ramachander]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> Totakacharya was a disciple of [[Adi Sankara]].<br /> <br /> Vidhithakhila sasthra sudha Jaladhe<br /> Mahithopanishath kadithartha nidhe,<br /> Hrudaye kalaye vimalam charanam,<br /> Bhaja [[Sankara]] desiga may saranam., 1<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the ocean of nectar of our great holy books,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who is like the Treasure&lt;br&gt;<br /> Of the essence of the great Upanishads,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And I meditate on his clear holy feet in my heart.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Koruna vernally playa mama,<br /> Brava samara dacha videoing Rodham,<br /> Rachayakhila [[darsana]] Thathwa vidham,<br /> Bhaja [[Sankara]] desiga may saranam., 2<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the great ocean of mercy,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And seek protection for me, who has suffered deep sorrow,&lt;br&gt;<br /> In the ocean of day to day life,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And also request to make me,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Know all the schools of our philosophy.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Bhavatha janatha suhitha bhavitha,<br /> Nija bodha vicharana charumathe,<br /> Kalayeshwara jeeva viveka vidham,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 3<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Because of whom the world has a pleasant life,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Oh great soul who can teach the great knowledge,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Make me understand the knowledge of the soul.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Bhava eva bhavanihi may nitharam,<br /> Samajayatha chethasi kauthukitha,<br /> Mama vaaraya moha maha jaladhim,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 4<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> When I understood it is him,&lt;br&gt;<br /> I became ecstasic with happiness,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And requested, please dry the ocean of passion in me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Sukruthe adhikruthe bahudha bhavatha,<br /> Bhavitha sama darshana lalasatha,<br /> Athi deenamimam paripalaya maam,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 5<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> When the good deeds accumulate and become more,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Like you, my mind would see everything as equal,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Please give protection to this very lowly me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Jagathi avithum kalitha kruthayo,<br /> Vicharanthi mahaa maha saschalatha,<br /> Ahimmsurivathra vibhasi pura,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 6<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Those who are born to protect this world,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who are like a burning flame,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Roam everywhere without any one’s knowledge,&lt;br&gt;<br /> But you shine before me like the Sun God&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Guru pungava pungava kethana they,<br /> Samayamayatham nahi ko api sudhi,<br /> Saranagatha vathsala Thathwa nidhe,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 7<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the teacher among teachers &lt;br&gt;<br /> Who does not have any equal,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the treasure house of Philosophy&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who is merciful to those who seek his blessings.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Vidhitha na maya visadhaika kala,<br /> Na cha kinchana kanchanamasthi guro,<br /> Dhruthameva videhi krupaam sahajam,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 8<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And request him to shower his natural grace fast on me,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who does not posses expertise in any branch,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who does not even a small piece of wealth(gold?)&lt;br&gt;</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Thodagashtakam&diff=4883 2009-05-22T06:43:33Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>By Totakacharya&lt;br&gt;<br /> [[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:P.R.Ramachander|P. R. Ramachander]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> Ananda Giri was a disciple of [[Adi Sankara]].<br /> <br /> Vidhithakhila sasthra sudha Jaladhe<br /> Mahithopanishath kadithartha nidhe,<br /> Hrudaye kalaye vimalam charanam,<br /> Bhaja [[Sankara]] desiga may saranam., 1<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the ocean of nectar of our great holy books,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who is like the Treasure&lt;br&gt;<br /> Of the essence of the great Upanishads,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And I meditate on his clear holy feet in my heart.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Koruna vernally playa mama,<br /> Brava samara dacha videoing Rodham,<br /> Rachayakhila [[darsana]] Thathwa vidham,<br /> Bhaja [[Sankara]] desiga may saranam., 2<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the great ocean of mercy,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And seek protection for me, who has suffered deep sorrow,&lt;br&gt;<br /> In the ocean of day to day life,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And also request to make me,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Know all the schools of our philosophy.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Bhavatha janatha suhitha bhavitha,<br /> Nija bodha vicharana charumathe,<br /> Kalayeshwara jeeva viveka vidham,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 3<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Because of whom the world has a pleasant life,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Oh great soul who can teach the great knowledge,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Make me understand the knowledge of the soul.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Bhava eva bhavanihi may nitharam,<br /> Samajayatha chethasi kauthukitha,<br /> Mama vaaraya moha maha jaladhim,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 4<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> When I understood it is him,&lt;br&gt;<br /> I became ecstasic with happiness,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And requested, please dry the ocean of passion in me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Sukruthe adhikruthe bahudha bhavatha,<br /> Bhavitha sama darshana lalasatha,<br /> Athi deenamimam paripalaya maam,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 5<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> When the good deeds accumulate and become more,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Like you, my mind would see everything as equal,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Please give protection to this very lowly me.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Jagathi avithum kalitha kruthayo,<br /> Vicharanthi mahaa maha saschalatha,<br /> Ahimmsurivathra vibhasi pura,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 6<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Those who are born to protect this world,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who are like a burning flame,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Roam everywhere without any one’s knowledge,&lt;br&gt;<br /> But you shine before me like the Sun God&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Guru pungava pungava kethana they,<br /> Samayamayatham nahi ko api sudhi,<br /> Saranagatha vathsala Thathwa nidhe,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 7<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the teacher among teachers &lt;br&gt;<br /> Who does not have any equal,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who is the treasure house of Philosophy&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who is merciful to those who seek his blessings.&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Vidhitha na maya visadhaika kala,<br /> Na cha kinchana kanchanamasthi guro,<br /> Dhruthameva videhi krupaam sahajam,<br /> Bhaja Sankara desiga may saranam., 8<br /> <br /> I praise and seek the protection of Sankara,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And request him to shower his natural grace fast on me,&lt;br&gt;<br /> Who does not posses expertise in any branch,&lt;br&gt;<br /> And who does not even a small piece of wealth(gold?)&lt;br&gt;</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Guru_stotram&diff=4882 2009-05-22T06:34:54Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram &lt;br&gt; <br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [1]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, by which is pervaded all that which moves and that which does not move.<br /> <br /> ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā &lt;br&gt;<br /> cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [2]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has opened my eyes, by applying the divine collyrium (kājal) of knowledge, thus removing the blindness of ignorance.<br /> <br /> gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> gururevaṁ paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [3]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is Brahma, [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]], who is verily the supreme Brahman.<br /> <br /> sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ yatkiṅcit sacarācaram &lt;br&gt;<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [4]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That, which pervades all that is animate/inanimate and movable/immovable. <br /> <br /> cinmayaṁ vyāpi yatsarvaṁ trailokyaṁ sacarācaram &lt;br&gt;<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [5]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That Pure Consciousness, which pervades all the three worlds, including all movable/immovable objects.<br /> <br /> sarvaśrutiśiroratna virajitapadāmbuja &lt;br&gt;<br /> vedāntambujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [6]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is like the Sun (which enables the blossoming of) the lotus of [[Vedanta]], and at whose lotus feet abide the crown jewels of all the [[Veda]]-s.<br /> <br /> caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [7]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is of the nature of Eternal Consciousness, taintless, and who transcends space, time, bindu (zero/nothingness), nāda ([[sound]]) and kalā (divisions).<br /> <br /> jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [8]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, who is adorned by the garland of truth, and who is the giver of both mundane enjoyments (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).<br /> <br /> anekajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhine &lt;br&gt;<br /> ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [9]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who provides the knowledge of the Self, which burns away the bondage of [[karma]] accumulated over several births.<br /> <br /> śoṣaṇaṁ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṁ sārasampadaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [10]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, whose very pādodakaṁ (water left behind after washing the Guru's feet) provides knowledge of the True Wealth and dries up the ocean of saṁsāra. <br /> <br /> na guroradhikaṁ tattvaṁ na guroradhikaṁ tapaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> tattvajñānāt paraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [11]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for there is no reality greater than the Guru, no penance greater than (service to) the Guru and nothing greater than the knowledge of Reality (taught by the Guru).<br /> <br /> mannāthaḥ jagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrijagadguruḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [12]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is my lord and the lord of the universe, my teacher and the teacher of the world, my Self and the Self of all phenomena.<br /> <br /> gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam &lt;br&gt;<br /> guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [13]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for the Guru is the beginning (of all) but is himself beginning-less, the Guru is the highest divinity, there is nothing greater than the Guru. <br /> <br /> brahmānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ &lt;br&gt;<br /> dvandvātītaṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādilakṣyam &lt;br&gt;<br /> ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīsākṣibhūtaṁ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi [14]<br /> <br /> I bow to the Guru, who is verily the joy of Brahman, the supreme happiness, the embodiment of knowledge,<br /> who is beyond all dualities, who is the like the sky and is pointed to by the mahāvākya-s such as tattvamasi,<br /> who is eternal and unmoving, who is the witness of all phenomena, who is beyond existence and the three guṇa-s.<br /> <br /> tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva [15]<br /> <br /> You (the Guru) are the mother, you are the father.<br /> You are the brother, you are the friend.<br /> You are knowledge, you are wealth.<br /> You are everything, my lord of lords.<br /> <br /> iti śrīgurustotram samāptam<br /> <br /> Thus ends the Guru stotram.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Guru_stotram&diff=4874 2009-05-21T17:17:52Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram &lt;br&gt; <br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [1]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, by which is pervaded all that which moves and that which does not move.<br /> <br /> ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā &lt;br&gt;<br /> cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [2]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has opened my eyes, by applying the divine collyrium (kājal) of knowledge, thus removing the blindness of ignorance.<br /> <br /> gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> gururevaṁ paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [3]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is Brahma, [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]], who is verily the supreme Brahman.<br /> <br /> sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ yatkiṅcit sacarācaram &lt;br&gt;<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [4]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That, which pervades all that is animate/inanimate and movable/immovable. <br /> <br /> cinmayaṁ vyāpi yatsarvaṁ trailokyaṁ sacarācaram &lt;br&gt;<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [5]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That Pure Consciousness, which pervades all the three worlds, including all movable/immovable objects.<br /> <br /> sarvaśrutiśiroratna virajitapadāmbuja &lt;br&gt;<br /> vedāntambujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [6]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is like the Sun (which enables the blossoming of) the lotus of [[Vedanta]], and at whose lotus feet abide the crown jewels of all the [[Veda]]-s.<br /> <br /> caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [7]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is of the nature of Eternal Consciousness, taintless, and who transcends space, time, bindu (zero/nothingness), nāda ([[sound]]) and kalā (divisions).<br /> <br /> jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [8]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, who is adorned by the garland of truth, and who is the giver of both mundane enjoyments (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).<br /> <br /> anekajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhine &lt;br&gt;<br /> ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [9]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who provides the knowledge of the Self, which burns away the bondage of [[karma]] accumulated over several births.<br /> <br /> śoṣaṇaṁ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṁ sārasampadaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [10]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, whose very pādodakaṁ (water left behind after washing the Guru's feet) provides knowledge of the True Wealth and dries up the ocean of saṁsāra. <br /> <br /> na guroradhikaṁ tattvaṁ na guroradhikaṁ tapaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> tattvajñānāt paraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [11]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for there is no reality greater than the Guru, no penance greater than (service to) the Guru and nothing greater than the knowledge of Reality (taught by the Guru).<br /> <br /> mannāthaḥ jagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrijagadguruḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [12]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is my lord and the lord of the universe, my teacher and the teacher of the world, my Self and the Self of all phenomena.<br /> <br /> gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam &lt;br&gt;<br /> guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [13]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for the Guru is the beginning (of all) but is himself beginning-less, the Guru is the highest divinity, there is nothing greater than the Guru. <br /> <br /> brahmānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ &lt;br&gt;<br /> dvandvātītaṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādilakṣyam &lt;br&gt;<br /> ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīsākṣibhūtaṁ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi [14]<br /> <br /> I bow to the Guru, who is verily the joy of Brahman, the supreme happiness, the embodiment of knowledge,<br /> who is beyond all dualities, who is the like the sky and is pointed to by the mahavakya-s such as tattvamasi,<br /> who is eternal and unmoving, who is the witness of all phenomena, who is beyond existence and the three guṇa-s.<br /> <br /> tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva [15]<br /> <br /> You (the Guru) are the mother, you are the father.<br /> You are the brother, you are the friend.<br /> You are knowledge, you are wealth.<br /> You are everything, my lord of lords.<br /> <br /> iti śrīgurustotram samāptam<br /> <br /> Thus ends the Guru stotram.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Guru_stotram&diff=4873 2009-05-21T17:17:13Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> ''akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram &lt;br&gt; <br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ'' [1]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, by which is pervaded all that which moves and that which does not move.<br /> <br /> ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā &lt;br&gt;<br /> cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [2]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has opened my eyes, by applying the divine collyrium (kājal) of knowledge, thus removing the blindness of ignorance.<br /> <br /> gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> gururevaṁ paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [3]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is Brahma, [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]], who is verily the supreme Brahman.<br /> <br /> sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ yatkiṅcit sacarācaram &lt;br&gt;<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [4]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That, which pervades all that is animate/inanimate and movable/immovable. <br /> <br /> cinmayaṁ vyāpi yatsarvaṁ trailokyaṁ sacarācaram &lt;br&gt;<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [5]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That Pure Consciousness, which pervades all the three worlds, including all movable/immovable objects.<br /> <br /> sarvaśrutiśiroratna virajitapadāmbuja &lt;br&gt;<br /> vedāntambujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [6]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is like the Sun (which enables the blossoming of) the lotus of [[Vedanta]], and at whose lotus feet abide the crown jewels of all the [[Veda]]-s.<br /> <br /> caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [7]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is of the nature of Eternal Consciousness, taintless, and who transcends space, time, bindu (zero/nothingness), nāda ([[sound]]) and kalā (divisions).<br /> <br /> jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [8]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, who is adorned by the garland of truth, and who is the giver of both mundane enjoyments (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).<br /> <br /> anekajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhine &lt;br&gt;<br /> ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [9]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who provides the knowledge of the Self, which burns away the bondage of [[karma]] accumulated over several births.<br /> <br /> śoṣaṇaṁ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṁ sārasampadaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [10]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, whose very pādodakaṁ (water left behind after washing the Guru's feet) provides knowledge of the True Wealth and dries up the ocean of saṁsāra. <br /> <br /> na guroradhikaṁ tattvaṁ na guroradhikaṁ tapaḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> tattvajñānāt paraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [11]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for there is no reality greater than the Guru, no penance greater than (service to) the Guru and nothing greater than the knowledge of Reality (taught by the Guru).<br /> <br /> mannāthaḥ jagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrijagadguruḥ &lt;br&gt;<br /> madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [12]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is my lord and the lord of the universe, my teacher and the teacher of the world, my Self and the Self of all phenomena.<br /> <br /> gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam &lt;br&gt;<br /> guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [13]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for the Guru is the beginning (of all) but is himself beginning-less, the Guru is the highest divinity, there is nothing greater than the Guru. <br /> <br /> brahmānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ &lt;br&gt;<br /> dvandvātītaṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādilakṣyam &lt;br&gt;<br /> ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīsākṣibhūtaṁ &lt;br&gt;<br /> bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi [14]<br /> <br /> I bow to the Guru, who is verily the joy of Brahman, the supreme happiness, the embodiment of knowledge,<br /> who is beyond all dualities, who is the like the sky and is pointed to by the mahavakya-s such as tattvamasi,<br /> who is eternal and unmoving, who is the witness of all phenomena, who is beyond existence and the three guṇa-s.<br /> <br /> tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva &lt;br&gt;<br /> tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva [15]<br /> <br /> You (the Guru) are the mother, you are the father.<br /> You are the brother, you are the friend.<br /> You are knowledge, you are wealth.<br /> You are everything, my lord of lords.<br /> <br /> iti śrīgurustotram samāptam<br /> <br /> Thus ends the Guru stotram.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Guru_stotram&diff=4872 2009-05-21T17:14:32Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram &lt;br&gt; <br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [1]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, by which is pervaded all that which moves and that which does not move.<br /> <br /> ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā<br /> cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [2]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has opened my eyes, by applying the divine collyrium (kājal) of knowledge, thus removing the blindness of ignorance.<br /> <br /> gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ<br /> gururevaṁ paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [3]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is Brahma, [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]], who is verily the supreme Brahman.<br /> <br /> sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ yatkiṅcit sacarācaram<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [4]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That, which pervades all that is animate/inanimate and movable/immovable. <br /> <br /> cinmayaṁ vyāpi yatsarvaṁ trailokyaṁ sacarācaram<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [5]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That Pure Consciousness, which pervades all the three worlds, including all movable/immovable objects.<br /> <br /> sarvaśrutiśiroratna virajitapadāmbuja<br /> vedāntambujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [6]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is like the Sun (which enables the blossoming of) the lotus of [[Vedanta]], and at whose lotus feet abide the crown jewels of all the [[Veda]]-s.<br /> <br /> caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ<br /> bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [7]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is of the nature of Eternal Consciousness, taintless, and who transcends space, time, bindu (zero/nothingness), nāda ([[sound]]) and kalā (divisions).<br /> <br /> jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ<br /> bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [8]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, who is adorned by the garland of truth, and who is the giver of both mundane enjoyments (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).<br /> <br /> anekajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhine<br /> ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [9]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who provides the knowledge of the Self, which burns away the bondage of [[karma]] accumulated over several births.<br /> <br /> śoṣaṇaṁ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṁ sārasampadaḥ<br /> guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [10]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, whose very pādodakaṁ (water left behind after washing the Guru's feet) provides knowledge of the True Wealth and dries up the ocean of saṁsāra. <br /> <br /> na guroradhikaṁ tattvaṁ na guroradhikaṁ tapaḥ<br /> tattvajñānāt paraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [11]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for there is no reality greater than the Guru, no penance greater than (service to) the Guru and nothing greater than the knowledge of Reality (taught by the Guru).<br /> <br /> mannāthaḥ jagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrijagadguruḥ<br /> madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [12]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is my lord and the lord of the universe, my teacher and the teacher of the world, my Self and the Self of all phenomena.<br /> <br /> gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam<br /> guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [13]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for the Guru is the beginning (of all) but is himself beginning-less, the Guru is the highest divinity, there is nothing greater than the Guru. <br /> <br /> brahmānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ<br /> dvandvātītaṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādilakṣyam<br /> ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīsākṣibhūtaṁ<br /> bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi [14]<br /> <br /> I bow to the Guru, who is verily the joy of Brahman, the supreme happiness, the embodiment of knowledge,<br /> who is beyond all dualities, who is the like the sky and is pointed to by the mahavakya-s such as tattvamasi,<br /> who is eternal and unmoving, who is the witness of all phenomena, who is beyond existence and the three guṇa-s.<br /> <br /> tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva<br /> tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva<br /> tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva<br /> tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva [15]<br /> <br /> You (the Guru) are the mother, you are the father<br /> You are the brother, you are the friend<br /> You are knowledge, you are wealth<br /> You are everything, my lord of lords.<br /> <br /> iti śrīgurustotram samāptam<br /> <br /> Thus ends the Guru stotram.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Guru_stotram&diff=4871 2009-05-21T17:10:37Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Stotra]]<br /> &lt;small&gt;Translated by [[User:Ramesh Krishnamurthy|Ramesh Krishnamurthy]]&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram <br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [1]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, by which is pervaded all that which moves and that which does not move.<br /> <br /> ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā<br /> cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [2]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has opened my eyes, by applying the divine collyrium (kājal) of knowledge, thus removing the blindness of ignorance.<br /> <br /> gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ<br /> gururevaṁ paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [3]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is Brahma, [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]], who is verily the supreme Brahman.<br /> <br /> sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ yatkiṅcit sacarācaram<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [4]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That, which pervades all that is animate/inanimate and movable/immovable. <br /> <br /> cinmayaṁ vyāpi yatsarvaṁ trailokyaṁ sacarācaram<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [5]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That Pure Consciousness, which pervades all the three worlds, including all movable/immovable objects.<br /> <br /> sarvaśrutiśiroratna virajitapadāmbuja<br /> vedāntambujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [6]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is like the Sun (which enables the blossoming of) the lotus of [[Vedanta]], and at whose lotus feet abide the crown jewels of all the [[Veda]]-s.<br /> <br /> caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ<br /> bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [7]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is of the nature of Eternal Consciousness, taintless, and who transcends space, time, bindu (zero/nothingness), nāda ([[sound]]) and kalā (divisions).<br /> <br /> jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ<br /> bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [8]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, who is adorned by the garland of truth, and who is the giver of both mundane enjoyments (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).<br /> <br /> anekajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhine<br /> ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [9]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who provides the knowledge of the Self, which burns away the bondage of [[karma]] accumulated over several births.<br /> <br /> śoṣaṇaṁ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṁ sārasampadaḥ<br /> guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [10]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, whose very pādodakaṁ (water left behind after washing the Guru's feet) provides knowledge of the True Wealth and dries up the ocean of saṁsāra. <br /> <br /> na guroradhikaṁ tattvaṁ na guroradhikaṁ tapaḥ<br /> tattvajñānāt paraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [11]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for there is no reality greater than the Guru, no penance greater than (service to) the Guru and nothing greater than the knowledge of Reality (taught by the Guru).<br /> <br /> mannāthaḥ jagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrijagadguruḥ<br /> madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [12]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is my lord and the lord of the universe, my teacher and the teacher of the world, my Self and the Self of all phenomena.<br /> <br /> gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam<br /> guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [13]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for the Guru is the beginning (of all) but is himself beginning-less, the Guru is the highest divinity, there is nothing greater than the Guru. <br /> <br /> brahmānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ<br /> dvandvātītaṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādilakṣyam<br /> ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīsākṣibhūtaṁ<br /> bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi [14]<br /> <br /> I bow to the Guru, who is verily the joy of Brahman, the supreme happiness, the embodiment of knowledge,<br /> who is beyond all dualities, who is the like the sky and is pointed to by the mahavakya-s such as tattvamasi,<br /> who is eternal and unmoving, who is the witness of all phenomena, who is beyond existence and the three guṇa-s.<br /> <br /> tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva<br /> tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva<br /> tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva<br /> tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva [15]<br /> <br /> You (the Guru) are the mother, you are the father<br /> You are the brother, you are the friend<br /> You are knowledge, you are wealth<br /> You are everything, my lord of lords.<br /> <br /> iti śrīgurustotram samāptam<br /> <br /> Thus ends the Guru stotram.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Guru_stotram&diff=4870 2009-05-21T17:04:34Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: New page: akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [1] Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, ...</p> <hr /> <div>akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram <br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [1]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That undivided Whole, by which is pervaded all that which moves and that which does not move.<br /> <br /> ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā<br /> cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [2]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has opened my eyes, by applying the divine collyrium (kājal) of knowledge, thus removing the blindness of ignorance.<br /> <br /> gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ<br /> gururevaṁ paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [3]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is Brahma, [[Vishnu]] and [[Shiva]], who is verily the supreme Brahman.<br /> <br /> sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ yatkiṅcit sacarācaram<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [4]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That, which pervades all that is animate/inanimate and movable/immovable. <br /> <br /> cinmayaṁ vyāpi yatsarvaṁ trailokyaṁ sacarācaram<br /> tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [5]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who has shown to me That Pure Consciousness, which pervades all the three worlds, including all movable/immovable objects.<br /> <br /> sarvaśrutiśiroratna virajitapadāmbuja<br /> vedāntambujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [6]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is like the Sun (which enables the blossoming of) the lotus of [[Vedanta]], and at whose lotus feet abide the crown jewels of all the [[Veda]]-s.<br /> <br /> caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ<br /> bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [7]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is of the nature of Eternal Consciousness, taintless, and who transcends space, time, bindu (zero/nothingness), nāda ([[sound]]) and kalā (divisions).<br /> <br /> jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ<br /> bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [8]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, who is adorned by the garland of truth, and who is the giver of both mundane enjoyments (bhukti) and liberation (mukti).<br /> <br /> anekajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhine<br /> ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [9]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who provides the knowledge of the Self, which burns away the bondage of [[karma]] accumulated over several births.<br /> <br /> śoṣaṇaṁ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṁ sārasampadaḥ<br /> guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [10]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, whose very pādodakaṁ (water left behind after washing the Guru's feet) provides knowledge of the True Wealth and dries up the ocean of saṁsāra. <br /> <br /> na guroradhikaṁ tattvaṁ na guroradhikaṁ tapaḥ<br /> tattvajñānāt paraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [11]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for there is no reality greater than the Guru, no penance greater than (service to) the Guru and nothing greater than the knowledge of Reality (taught by the Guru).<br /> <br /> mannāthaḥ jagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrijagadguruḥ<br /> madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [12]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, who is my lord and the lord of the universe, my teacher and the teacher of the world, my Self and the Self of all phenomena.<br /> <br /> gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam<br /> guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ [13]<br /> <br /> Salutations to that Guru, for the Guru is the beginning (of all) but is himself beginning-less, the Guru is the highest divinity, there is nothing greater than the Guru. <br /> <br /> brahmānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ<br /> dvandvātītaṁ gaganasadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādilakṣyam<br /> ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīsākṣibhūtaṁ<br /> bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi [14]<br /> <br /> I bow to the Guru, who is verily the joy of Brahman, the supreme happiness, the embodiment of knowledge,<br /> who is beyond all dualities, who is the like the sky and is pointed to by the mahavakya-s such as tattvamasi,<br /> who is eternal and unmoving, who is the witness of all phenomena, who is beyond existence and the three guṇa-s.<br /> <br /> tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva<br /> tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva<br /> tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva<br /> tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva [15]<br /> <br /> You (the Guru) are the mother, you are the father<br /> You are the brother, you are the friend<br /> You are knowledge, you are wealth<br /> You are everything, my lord of lords.<br /> <br /> iti śrīgurustotram samāptam<br /> <br /> Thus ends the Guru stotram.</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy https://hindupedia.com/index.php?title=Stotra&diff=4864 2009-05-21T14:41:31Z

<p>Ramesh Krishnamurthy: /* Prayers to other Gods and General prayers */</p> <hr /> <div>==Prayers to [[Vishnu]]==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Vishnu Sahasranamam]]<br /> * [[Achyuthashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Ranganathashtakam of Adi Shankara]]<br /> * [[Sri Ranganatha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Namam Japikkuga]]<br /> * [[Narayana suktham]]<br /> * [[Sree Vishnu Shodasa Nama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Thiruppavai]]<br /> * [[Dasavathara Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalambam]]<br /> * [[Runa Vimochana Nrusimha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Hari Nama Keerthanam]]<br /> * [[Hari Nama Mala Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Hari Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Hari Sarana Saptakam]]<br /> * [[Haryashtakam]]<br /> * [[Pandurangashtakam]]<br /> * [[Jai Jagadish Hare]]<br /> * [[Bhagwatcharana Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sangushta nasana Vishnu Stotram]]<br /> * [[Pratha Smarana Stotram]]<br /> * [[Kamala Pathyashtakam]]<br /> * [[Govindashtakam]]<br /> * [[Venkatesa Suprabhatham]]<br /> * [[Sri Venkatesa Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Venkatesa Mangalam]]<br /> * [[Sri Hari Nama Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Matsya Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Vamana Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Parasurama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Lakshmi Venkatesa Charanaravinda Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Venkatesa Karavalmba Stotram]]<br /> * [[Ashta vimsathi Vishnu Nama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Narayana Jaya]]<br /> * [[Nyasa Dasaka]]<br /> * [[Palayachyutha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Vairagya Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Narasimha Panchamrutham]]<br /> * [[Mangalya Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Vishnu Bhujanga Prayata Stotram]]<br /> * [[Bhagawan Manasa Pooja]]<br /> * [[Abhilashashtakam]]<br /> * [[Pandava Gita]]<br /> * [[Varaha Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Narayana Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Dheena bandhu ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Narayana stotram]]<br /> * [[Kaivalyashtakam]]<br /> * [[Mangala Gitam]]<br /> * [[Shivaramashtakam]]<br /> * [[Venkatesa Vajra Kavacham]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to [[Rama]]==<br /> * [[Raghothamashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ahalya Krutha Rama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Nama Ramayanam]]<br /> * [[Sri Rama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Rama Bhujangam]]<br /> * [[Ramashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ramachandrashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Ramachandra Stuti]]<br /> * [[Sri Rama Raksha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sita Rama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Maha deva krutha Rama Sthuthi]]<br /> <br /> ==Prayers to [[Lord Krishna]]==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Bhaja Govindam]]<br /> * [[Madhurashtakam]]<br /> * [[Mukunda Mala]]<br /> * [[Mukunda Mukthavali]]<br /> * [[Gopika Geetham]]<br /> * [[Sri Krishnashtakam]] <br /> * [[Guru Maruth Puradheesam]]<br /> * [[Bala Mukundashtakam]]<br /> * [[Radhakrishnashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Krishna Mangalam]]<br /> * [[Gopala Vimsathi]] of [[Vedanta Desika]]<br /> * [[Gopala Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Guruvayurappan]] (Malayalam)<br /> * [[Govinda Damodhara Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Krishna Stotram]]<br /> * [[SriGopala Stotram]]<br /> * [[Guruvayupuresa Suprabatham]]<br /> * [[Nandakumarashtam]]<br /> * [[Prana Pranaya Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Sri Krishna manasa puja]]<br /> * [[Ambadi Paithal]] (Malayalam)<br /> * [[Anjana Sridhara]] (Malayalam)<br /> * [[Guruvayupuresa sthavam]] (Malayalam)<br /> * [[Shikashashtakam]] By [[Chaithanya Maha Prabhu]]<br /> * [[Bheeshma Stuti]]<br /> * [[Prathama Kunja Vihari Ashtakam]] By Rupa Goswami&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to [[Shiva]]==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Shiva Sahasranamam]]<br /> * [[Shiva panchakshara stotram]]<br /> * [[Shivaparadha kshamapana stotram]]<br /> * [[Thiruvembavai]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Shivanada lahari]]<br /> * [[Shiva Manasa Pooja]]<br /> * [[Linga Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Chidambareswara Stotram]]<br /> * [[Vaidyanatha Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Uma Maheswara Stotram]]<br /> * [[Vaidyanatha Namaskaram]]<br /> * [[Shiva Shadakshara Stotram]]<br /> * [[Veda Sara Shiva Stotram]]<br /> * [[Daridrya Dahana Shiva Stotram]]<br /> * [[Ardha Nareeswara Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Dakshinamurthy Stotram]]<br /> * [[Viswanathashtakam]]<br /> * [[Pradosha Mahatmyam]]<br /> * [[Margabandhu stotram]]<br /> * [[Bilwashtakam]]<br /> * [[Maha Mrutyunjaya stotram]]<br /> * [[Shiva Thandava stotram by Ravana]]<br /> * [[Shiva Mangalshtakam]]<br /> * [[Pasupathyashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sashakthi Shiva Navakam]]<br /> * [[Shankarashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sadashivashtakam]]<br /> * [[Chandra shekahrashtakam]]<br /> * [[Dwadasa Jyothir Linga Stotram]]<br /> * [[Shiva Bhujanga Prayatha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Shiv Chalisa]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Bhaja Gaureesam]]<br /> * [[Shiva nama malyashtakam]]<br /> * [[Shiva raksha stotram]]<br /> * [[Shivashtakam]]<br /> * [[Shiva Mahimna Stotram]]<br /> * [[Viswanatha Suprabatham]]<br /> * [[Chidambarashtakam]]<br /> * [[Gowreesashtakam]]<br /> * [[Rudhrashtakam]]<br /> * [[Jambunathashtakam]]<br /> * [[Thirupalliyezhuchi(Tamil)]]<br /> * [[Shiva Ashtotharam]]<br /> * [[Shiva Panchanana Stotram]]<br /> * [[Shiv aarthi (Hindi)]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to mother Goddess==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Mahishasura Mardini Stotram]]<br /> * [[Abhirami andathi]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Annapurnashtakam]]<br /> * [[Devi Mahathmya Stotra Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Indrakshi Sthothram]]<br /> * [[Kanaka Dhara Sthothram]]<br /> * [[Lalitha Sahasranamam]]<br /> * [[Phala sruthi of Lalitha Sahasranamam]]<br /> * [[Lalitha Trishathi]]<br /> * [[Lalitha Pancha Rathnam]]<br /> * [[Mahalakshmi ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ashta Lakshmi Stotram]]<br /> * [[Soundarya Lahari]]<br /> * [[Bhavani ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Bhavani Bhujangam]]<br /> * [[Shyamala Dandakam]] by Kalidasa<br /> * [[Tripura Sundari Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Tripurasundari Vijaya Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Devi Stotram]]<br /> * [[Meenakshi Pancharathnam]]<br /> * [[Meenakshi Navarathna Mala Sthuthi]]<br /> * [[Manthra Mathruka Pushpa Mala Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Rajarajeswari mantra mathruka sthavam]]<br /> * [[Sri Durga Apad udharaka stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri AmbaPancha Rathnam]]<br /> * [[Vageesi sthavam]]<br /> * [[Arya Navakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Maha Lakshmi Sthuthi]]<br /> * [[Kalyana Vrushti Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Shriya Shatkam]]<br /> * [[Janaki Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Saraswathyashtakam]]<br /> * [[Devi Karumari Amman Storam]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Durga Chandra Kala Sthuthi]]<br /> * [[Kalpa Shakhi Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Varahi anugrahashtam]]<br /> * [[Varahi Nigrahashtakam]]<br /> * [[Kathyayani sthuthi]]<br /> * [[Nava Rathna Malya Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Meenakshi Sthothram]]<br /> * [[Maha Lakshmi Aarathi]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Sree Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sankata namashtakam]]<br /> * [[Vijayalakshmi Stotram]]<br /> * [[Durga Chalisa]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Mariamman Thalattu]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Gauri Dasakam]] of [[Adi Shankara]]<br /> * [[Kamakshi Suprabatham]]<br /> * [[Jnana prasoonambika stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Durga Aarti]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Sri Durga Stuti]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Santoshi mata aarthi]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Ma Kali aarthi]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Bala satha nama stotram]]<br /> * [[Bhagawathi Stotram]]<br /> * [[Devi Kshama Prarthana Stotram]]<br /> * [[Tripura Thilakam]]<br /> * [[Mookambika ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ananda Lahari]] of [[Adi Shankara]]<br /> * [[Sidha Lakshmi Stotram]]<br /> * [[Vani Stotram]]<br /> * [[Abhirami Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sitalashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ashta Dasa Shakthi Peetha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Vamsa Vrudhi Kara Durga Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Bala Mukthavali Stotram]]<br /> * [[Devi Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Maha Lakshmi Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Ananda Valli Stotram]]<br /> * [[Devi Argala Stuti]]<br /> * [[Devi Keelagam]]<br /> * [[Radha Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Akhilandeswari Mathruka Pushpa Mala]]<br /> * [[Durga Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Bhagawathyashtakam]]<br /> * [[Maha Lakshmi Stotram II]]<br /> * [[Paramacharya's Durga Pancha Rathnam]]<br /> * [[Durga Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Swayamvara Parvathy Manthra Mala Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Pada Sapthathi of Melpathur]]<br /> * [[Shakthi Mahimna Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sharada Bhujanga Prayata Stotram]]<br /> * [[Annapurna devi aarthi (Hindi)]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to Lord Ganesa==<br /> * [[Ganesa Dwadasa Nama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Ganesa Shodasa Nama stotram]]<br /> * [[Ganesa Pancha ratnam]]<br /> * [[Eka Dantha stotram]]<br /> * [[Sankata Nasana Ganesa stotram]]<br /> * [[Ganesa Mangalashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ganapathi Sthavam]]<br /> * [[Ganesashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ganesa Manasa Pooja]]<br /> * [[Vinayagar Agaval(Tamil)]]<br /> * [[Ganesha Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Vinayagar Kavacham (Tamil)]]<br /> * [[Ganapathi Atharva Seersha]]<br /> * [[Ganesh ki aarthi(Hindi)]]<br /> * [[Ganesa Bahya Pooja]]<br /> * [[Yama's Ganesa Ashtotharam]]<br /> * [[Vigneswara Ashtotharam]]<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to Lord Subrhamanya==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Guha panchakam]]<br /> * [[Skanda Sashti Kavacham]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Subrhamanya Bhujangam]]<br /> * [[Sri Subramanya Pancharathnam]]<br /> * [[Shadanana ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Shanumuga stotram]]<br /> * [[Subrahmanya Karavalambashtakam]]<br /> * [[Kandhar Anubhuthi]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Swaminatha Shad Pathi]]<br /> * [[Shanmuga Kavacham]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Subrahmanya Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Kanda Guru Kavacham of Santhananda Swamigal (Tamil)]]<br /> * [[Pragya Vivardhana Karthikeya Stotram]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to Lord Ayyappa==<br /> * [[Ayyappa Suprabatham]]<br /> * [[Harivarasanam]]<br /> * [[Sastha Pancha rathnam]]<br /> * [[Sastha Dasakam]]<br /> * [[Mani Kanda Sthuthi]]<br /> * [[Bhootha natha dasakam]]<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to Planet Devatas==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Surya mandalashtakam]]<br /> * [[Nava Graha Sthothram]]<br /> * [[Adithya hrudayam]]<br /> * [[Surya ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Nava Graha Peeda Hara Stotram]]<br /> * [[Nava Graha Storam]] of Vadiraja Theertha<br /> * [[Sanaischarashtakam]]<br /> * [[Sri Angaraka stotram]]<br /> * [[Runa mochana mangala stotram]]<br /> * [[Adithya Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Chandra Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Mangala Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Budha Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Guru Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Shukra Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Sani Vajra Panjarika Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Rahu Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Kethu Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Budha Pancha Vimsathi Nama Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Chandra Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Brihaspathi Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Shukra Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Rahu Stotram]]<br /> * [[Sri Kethu Stotram]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to holy rivers==<br /> * [[Valmiki Krutha Gangashtakam]]<br /> * [[Shankara Krutha Gangashtakam]]<br /> * [[Kalidasa Krutha Gangashtakam]]<br /> * [[Ananda Theertha Krutha Gangashtakam]]<br /> * [[Dasa hara Ganga sthothram]]<br /> * [[Yamunashtakam]]<br /> <br /> ==Prayers addressed to Lord Anjaneya==<br /> * [[Anjaneya stotram]]<br /> * [[Hanumath stotram]]<br /> * [[Hanumath Pancha Rathnam]]<br /> * [[Hanumath Bhujanga Prayata Stotram]]<br /> * [[Hanumath Sthuthi I]]<br /> * [[Hanumath Sthuthi II]]<br /> * [[Hanumath Mangalashtakam]]<br /> * [[Hanuman Chalisa]] (Hindi)<br /> * [[Veera Hanuman Kavacham]] (Tamil)<br /> * [[Yantodharaka Hanumath stotram]] of Vyasaraja theertha<br /> <br /> ==Philosophical prayers==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Nirvana shatakam]]<br /> * [[Athma Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Sadhana Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Kaupeena Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Natho Upadesa stotram]]<br /> * [[Nirvana Manjari]] of Adi Shankara<br /> * [[Sankara's Dasa Sloki]]<br /> * [[Shad Pathi]] of Adi Shankara<br /> * [[Maya Panchakam]] of Adi Shankara<br /> * [[Dhanya Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Saptha Sloki Gita]]<br /> * [[Bharata Savithri]]<br /> * [[Chathusloki Bhagawatham]]<br /> * [[Chathu Sloki Gita]]<br /> * [[Tri sloki Gita]]<br /> * [[Vijnana Nauka]] of Adi Shankara<br /> * [[Anathma Sri Vigarhanam]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Daily Prayers==<br /> * [[Nithya sthothra Parayanam]] (First prayer after getting up in the morning)<br /> * [[Prayer to Bhu Devi]] (Ask for forgiveness for stepping on the Earth)<br /> * [[Prayers during bathing]]<br /> * [[Prayer to Agni Dev]] (As you start the first deepa)<br /> * [[Prayer to Tulsi Devi]]<br /> * [[Aswatha Vruksha Stuti]] (Prayer to the Banyan Tree)<br /> * [[Prayer to the Gods for a great day]]<br /> * [[Surya Pranaam]] (Sun salutation)<br /> * [[Eka Sloki Ramayan]]<br /> * [[Eka Sloki Bhagawatham]]<br /> * [[Prayer to the 5 mothers]]<br /> * [[Pancha Kanya Stuti]] (Prayer to the 5 Maidens)<br /> * [[Pancha Devi Stuti]] (Prayer to the 5 Goddesses)<br /> * [[Prayer to the Guru]]<br /> * Prayers to the Ishta [[Devata]] (Prayers to your family diety)<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Ganapati]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Shiva]]<br /> *** [[Maha Mruthyanjaya Mantra]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Nataraja the Lord of Chidambaram]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Ardha Nareeswara]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Shiva Lingam]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Nandi]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Vaidyanatha]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Viswanatha the Lord of Kasi]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Dakshinamurthy]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Subrahmanya]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Vishnu]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Rama]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Krishna]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Venkatesa]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Hayagreeva]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Narasimha]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Ranganatha]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Pandu Ranga]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Achyutha]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Bala Krishna]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Mukunda]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Hanuman]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Dathathreya]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Sastha (Iyappa)]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Surya dev]]<br /> ** Morning prayers to Goddess Parvati<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Lalitha]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Annapurneswari]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Sitala Devi]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Meenakshi]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Mookambika]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Durga]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Shyamala]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Lakshmi]]<br /> *** [[Morning prayer to Kanaka Lakshmi]]<br /> ** [[Morning prayer to Saraswati]]<br /> <br /> ==Vedic Hyms==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Laghu nyasa]]<br /> * [[Rudram]]<br /> * [[Chamakam]]<br /> * [[Purusha suktham]]<br /> * [[Narayana suktham]]<br /> * [[Sri Suktham]]<br /> * [[Vishnu suktham]]<br /> * [[Mantra Pushpam]]<br /> * [[Durga Suktham]]<br /> * [[Saraswathi Suktham]]<br /> * [[Devi(Vak) Suktham]]<br /> * [[Nila Suktham]]<br /> * [[Bhoo Suktham]]<br /> * [[Medha Suktham]]<br /> * [[Shaala Suktham]]<br /> * [[Vaasthu Manthras]]<br /> * [[Pavamana Suktham]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Prayers to other Gods and General prayers==<br /> &lt;collist class=&quot;cleantable&quot; cols=&quot;2&quot; addbullet=&quot;true&quot; sort=&quot;true&quot;&gt;* [[Garbha Raksha stotram]]<br /> * [[Dattatreya stotram]]<br /> * [[Jnanappana]] (Malayalam)<br /> * [[Mathru panchakam]]<br /> * [[Narada Bhakti Stotra]]<br /> * [[Gurvashtakam]]<br /> * [[Guru stotram]]<br /> * [[Guru Paduka stotram]]<br /> * [[Guru Paduka Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Totakashtakam]]<br /> * [[Kala Bhairava Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Pratha Smarana Sthothram]]<br /> * [[Gomatha sthuthi]]<br /> * [[Gayatri mantras of Several Gods]]<br /> * [[Sudarshana Ashtakam]]<br /> * [[Kasi Panchakam]]<br /> * [[Maithreem Bhajatha]]<br /> * [[Dhyana Slokams for different Gods]]<br /> * [[Para puja stotram]]<br /> * [[Varamangalashtakam of Kalidasa]]<br /> * [[Parameshwara stotram]]<br /> * [[Garuda Dandakam of Vedantha Desika]]<br /> * [[Sainathashtakam]]<br /> * [[Jai Sadananda Yadhu Natha]]<br /> * [[Jai Guru Deva Sai Natha]]<br /> * [[Hindi Prayer to Shirdi Sai]]<br /> * [[Sathya Sai Suprabatham]]<br /> * [[Aswatha Vruksha Stotram]]<br /> * [[Guru Raghavendra Stotram]]<br /> * [[Thulasi Kavacham]]<br /> * [[Shirdi Sai Ashtotharam]]<br /> * [[Mangalya Prarthana]]&lt;/collist&gt;<br /> <br /> __NONSFOOTER__<br /> __NOFOOTER__<br /> __NOAUTOLINK__</div>

Ramesh Krishnamurthy