[Advaita-l] Narasimha and Gopala Tapani Upanishad

Rajaram Venkataramani rajaramvenk at gmail.com
Sun Aug 4 13:33:54 CDT 2013


Hare Krishna. It is a very useful information. That means that Madhusudana
was aware of Gopala Tapani and Narsaimha Tapani as it is mentioned in
Muktika. In 1.28, Jiva refers to Visveswara's (who I think is Madhusudana's
guru) commentary.

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Niranjan Saha <shrinsaha at gmail.com> wrote:

> Prabhu Harekrishna!
> Among the minor Upanisads, Madhusudana refers to the Muktiko in GD on BhG
> 6.36, Annapurna on BhG 4.35 etc. We need to see his other thelogical works.
>
> With best rgs,
> Niranjan
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:04 PM, <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Sriram. Shri Sadanandaji, namaskarams and your humility despite
>> being a respected scholar and teacher is pleasing. Sri Devanathan
>> researched in to this upanishad. If you know someone in Chinmaya Mission in
>> Toronto, they can get his unfinished papers from the University.
>>
>> Any reference to Gopala Tapani? Niranjan, did Madhusudana refer to this
>> anywhere? I know Prabhodananda, Jiva, Visvanath and Baladev comment on
>> Gopala Tapani. Visvanath refers to one Visveswara favourably. This
>> upanishad teaches a mantra to achieve material  ends and see Krishna.
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>> Shree Rajaram - PraNAms
>>
>> It is interesting, today we will be discussing the slokas in the
>> panchakosha viveka of the Panchadasi (III:12-16) in our class. In the 16th
>> sloka Shree Vidyaaranya refers to several upanishadic declarations and one
>> of the Upanishads referenced is this Narasimha Purvataapani Upanishad
>> besides Bri. Up., Mundaka, Katha, and swetaswatara) - this is with
>> reference to Swayam joyti aspect and also the illumination of the entire
>> universe. This is the first time I heard about this Upanishad. Would be
>> happy to learn more about it.
>> Hari Om!
>> Sadananda
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>
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>> >Hare Krishna. As some of you may be aware, Sri Devanathan was researching
>> >in to Narasimha Tapani Upanishad. It is said that it has commentary
>> >attributed to Sankara or Gaudapada. I would like to know what scholars on
>> >this forum think. Also, can someone cite references to Gopala Tapani
>> >Upanishad in Advaita tradition?
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