Vishnu and Shiva

[kalyan chakravarthy]

Namaskaar,

>The term nArAyaNa is also generic like shiva and can be interpreted that
>way.


Thank you for pointing it out. But the other objections stand.

Best Regards
Kalyan






>From: "M. S. Ravisankar" <ravi at AMBAA.ORG>
>Reply-To: List for advaita vedanta as taught by Shri Shankara
><ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
>To: ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG
>Subject: Re: Vishnu and Shiva
>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:42:45 -0500
>
>On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:46:23 +0000, kalyan chakravarthy
><kalyan_kc at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >Tentative answer2.(not my own)- Narayana is a proper noun, while siva,
> >rudra, shambhu etc. are common nouns. So the words siva etc. could be
>used
> >for narayana also.
>
>The term nArAyaNa is also generic like shiva and can be interpreted that
>way. The term narAyaNa has few meanings*, one of which is "one who is the
>refuge/resting place of jiva-s" This name is often explained as naraH
>ayanaM yasya saH nArayaNaH and/or narANAm ayaNam. Hence, it could be
>applied to shiva, shakti or even Christ. As you would do for words shiva,
>sthaaNu, etc.
>
>It should be kept in mind that veda-s (often) when they praise a devata,
>make that devataa supreme and all others derived from it. For instance,
>consider the mantra "aapo vaa idam sarvam ..."
>
>IMHO, people often interpret and understand things based on their biases.
>
>Ravi
>
>See
>
>* http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/mmp095.html
>   http://www.srivaishnavan.com/ans_secrets.html


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