[Advaita-l] Amritanubhava

[SIVAKUMAR RAMAKRISHNAN]

SAdara pranamam Sriramji,
Could you please let us know about availability
of a good commentary of the Sant Jnaneshvar's work Amrutanubhav?
Namaste.
sivakumar



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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:

> Namaste Anand Ji,
>
> ////
> Sant Jnaneshvar's work Amrutanubhav is an advaitic work.
>
> //
>
> Sant Jnanadev's Amritanubhava is more of a sAktAdvaita siddhAnta (pariNAma
> vAda) than Vivartavada.  Jnanadevji studied Sankara's Saundaryalahari and
> got inspired by it and hence starts the 1st verse of Amritanubhav with
> salutions to "sAnkari vidya"
> (vide ref. gururityAhya yA lOkE sAkShAt vidyA hi sAnkarI....).
>
> The 1st section of Amritanubhav takes off with "siva-sakti samAvEShan"
> which is the detailed exposition of the 1st sloka of Saundaryalahari "sivaH
> saktyA yuktO....".
>
> The 4th section "jnAna-ajnAna bhEda" mention about the shodasi kala of
> chit-chandra-manDala and addresses para-siva as the 17th kala ie., the One
> who holds the 16 kalas into himself and becomes the 17th kala (16th kala is
> the sAdA kala / nityA kala of shodasi).  Jnanadev says in marathi as "tE
> chandrIchi urE satarAvi jaisi....".
>
> Moreover, Jnanadev Ji was a nAtha sampradAya dIkshita which is a chief
> promoter of sAkta mArga in general and kaula tantra in particular.  In
> Jnaneshwari (his magnum opus on BG), he gives wonderful commentary on Dhyana
> Yoga that details out of the Kundalini Yoga.
>
> It is interesting to note that, jnanadev, a staunch nAtha panthi, started
> "varkari sampradya" that chiefly promotes hari sankirtan and visit of
> Panduranga Vittal temple during the month of Ashadha.  During this
> pilgrimage, maharashtrians undergo pilgrimage by walk to Pandaripur with
> chants of "hari pATh" and holding "kAvaDi".
>
> regs,
> sriram
>
>
>
>
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