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What are the important Vaikhānasa texts?
The Vaikhānasa āgama-s were composed by 4 r̥ṣi-s viz. Bhr̥gu, Kāśyapa, Atri
and Marīcī.
Atri's āgama-s:
1.Atreyatantra
2.Purvatantra
3.Uttaratantra
4.Visnutantra.
In total his āgama-s come out to be ...
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Sandhyavandanam and Maadhiyanikam
According to prayaschittha marga mentioned for office goers by Sri Chandrasekhara Paramacharya Garu
Madhyahnika Sandhyavandanam can be performed 2 hours 24 minutes after
sunrise that is called "...
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Meaning of Varavave Munaye namah
Srimad Varavara Munayeh Nama - Salutations to Varava Muni
Varavara muni is the other name of Manavala Mamunigal
Manavala Mamunigal was born in 1370 at Alwarthirunagiri in Tamil Nadu. His parents ...
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What exactly are Pancharatra texts?
According to tradition, there are 108 Vaiṣṇava Pāñcarātra texts. However, there are more than 200 texts. These are also known as Saṁhitās. Here is the list of printed texts of the Pāñcarātrāgama.
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Learn the meaning of some Terms in Srivaishnava Sampradaya 2
Taniyan (tamil) - a verse praising the Guru
TadiyArAdhanam (sanskrit) - Literally - worship of the Vishnu's devotees; typically in the form of offering food to them. It is mentioned in the following ...
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What are the types of Bhakti-Yoga?
‘Nava’ means nine, and ‘vidha’ means approach; when read as a whole it means nine approaches of Bhakti to reach Ishwara (īśvara). Why nine, why not just one? Before we dive into the ‘why’ let us make ...
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Have any Ramanandi commentaries on the Brahma Sutras been translated into English?
सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Ānand Bhāshya is a commentry on Brahmā Sütrā by Śrīmad Jagādgurü Ramānandacharya. He followed the physlosophy ...
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Importance of Rama Nama
The name of Rama is given the most importance among names due to a boon asked for by Narada from him. The story features in the Aranya Kanda of the Sri Ramacharitmanas.
Seeing Rama lamenting for ...
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While eating among devotees
Responding per my understanding.
In general, it is preferred that we wait for the elders to complete the meal and get up after they do. It is just good manners and makes the elders feel good.
If ...
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Does the first verse of Nammalwar's Thiruvaimozhi intentionally spell out AUM?
the fact it needs to be rearranged makes it seem unlikely. one interesting hymn is Sri Gayatri Ramayanam which is composed of verbatim excerpts from Valmiki Ramayana arranged in a way where the first ...
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Is Narayana understood in Shri Vaishnavism as an anthropomorphic being or are his descriptions as a human-like being understood symbolically?
I also wonder whether, from the Shri Vaishnavism point of view,
avatars who descend into the material world have material bodies.
This one is pretty clear. They are not material. In Bhagavad Gita 4.9 ...
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Seemantham Putran or Putri, according to our scriptures/references
First born boy or baby is generally known as 'seemantha putran' or 'seemantha putri'. Seemanta is one of the samskara done, generally during 7th or 8th month of pregnancy.
There is no preference in ...
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Correct way of performing lamp aarti
I’ve found this shloka in “Aarti Sangrah from Gita Press” but couldn’t find the source of the shloka.
As per the shloka:
four circles to the lotus feet, two circles to the navel, and One circle to ...
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Shiva Mahatmya in Vaishnava Puranas?
Superiority of Bhagawan Shiva from Krishna Bhagavata purana.:
" O Lord siva , Those devotees who have fully dedicated their lives unto your lotus feet will certainly recognise as Paramātmā in ...
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Does the first verse of Nammalwar's Thiruvaimozhi intentionally spell out AUM?
I very much doubt that this was intentional.
Here are the original Tamil verses:
உயர்வு அற உயர் நலம் உடையவன் எவன்? அவன்
மயர்வு அற மதி நலம் அருளினன் எவன்? அவன்
அயர்வு அறும் அமரர்கள் அதிபதி எவன்? அவன்
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Does this verse of Mahabharata Shanti Parva say that Vayu also alomg with Rudra consumed poison, as some Madhwas claim?
Well, in a philosophical way yes vayu did consumed the poison. Lets see how.:
kevalodyamasaṃvītā mamaṃthuḥ kṣīrasāgaram |
atinirmathanājjātaṃ kṣīrābdheścahalāhalam || trailokyadahane prauḍhaṃ prāptaṃ ...
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Does this verse of Mahabharata Shanti Parva say that Vayu also alomg with Rudra consumed poison, as some Madhwas claim?
Harihi Om.
A basic translation of this shloka is as follows:
अमृतोत्पादने पुनर्भक्षणतां वायुसमीकृतस्य विषस्योपगतश्च तद्भक्षणमिति तन्निमित्तमेव चन्द्रकला ब्रह्मणा निहिता । आङ्गिरसबृहस्पतेरुपस्पृशतो न ...
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Proof of Vedic or Indic origin of Vaishnavism (Monotheistic Supremacy of Vishnu)?
Harihi Om.
Side Note: This answer shall be more from a historical point of view, than based on the Shaastras.
The main philosophy of Vaishnavism and the Supremacy of Shri Vishnu over all other ...
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Did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu really chant the Hare Krishna maha mantra?
Laghu Bhagavamrta is a work by Rupa Goswami, a direct disciple of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
In the verse 4 he says,
śrī-caitanya-mukhodgīrṇā hare-kṛṣṇeti varṇakāḥ | majjayanto jagat
premṇi vijayantāṁ ...
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Is Jagadguru Ramanandacharya considered an incarnation?
Yes, this is written in scriptures
रामानन्दो रामरूपो राममन्त्रार्थवित्कविः।
राममन्त्रप्रदो रम्यो राममन्त्ररतः प्रभूः।।
(अगस्त्य संहिता, १३३ अध्याय)
Srimad Ramanandacharya is Śrī Rāma himself and he is ...
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Is Kundalini Concept alien to Vaishnavism?
Gautamiya Tantra, A highly respected Vaisnava tantra among Gaudiya Vaisnavas mentions Kundalini Yoga several times and holds it as the means leading to mantra-siddhi as well as liberation from the ...
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Is Kundalini Concept alien to Vaishnavism?
As per this webpage, ahirbudhnya-saṃhitā has below descriptions about kundalini:
It contracts itself into the form of the world and is therefore called
Kuṇḍalinī ; and it is called Viṣṇu-śakti ...
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Was Rama a god?
सर्वे अवताराः श्री रामचंद्रेचरणेखाभ्यः समुद्भवन्ति तथा अन्य कोटि विष्णुश्चतुर्व्युहश्च समुद्भवन्ति एवमयपराजितेश्वरपरिमिताः परनारायणादयः अष्टभुजा नारायणादयश्च अनंतकोटि संख्यकाः बुद्धाजंलिपुरा सर्वकालं ...
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