[Advaita-l] Shankara and Kriya Yoga

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In Sri Rudhram a reference to this comes.There is an attribute to Lord Shiva as one without hair-vyuptha kesaya cha-.This is taken to indicate Sri Shankara as an incarnation of Lord Shiva.R.Krishnamoorthy.

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On 08-Jun-2013, at 1:02 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Since this is an upama, could this also not mean that Adi Shankara was a Jnani of the highest order and even comparable to Lord Shiva ?
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> Regards,
> Sunil KB
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> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Namaste,
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>> It wil be very kind of you if you kindly tell us where did Adi Shankara claim himself that he was an incarnation of Lord Shiva.
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> While Shankara Himself has not claimed this, Padmapada in his PanchapAdikA takes the name of vinAyaka, if not in prayer, in extolling Shankara:
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> vinA vinAyakam apUrva-shankaram (the last line of the third verse at the commencement of the panchapAdikA)
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>  Bhagavatpaada Shankara is none other than Shiva without the vinAyaka with Him.  There are names like 'shambhusUnuH' as epithet of Ganapathi. This AchArya Shankara is a sannyAsi with sannyAsi disciples (this is 
> said by Padmapada in the first two lines of this same verse) and 
> therefore no 'family' is depicted. Dr.Mani Dravid Sastrigal said that it is a 'vyatireka alankAra' adopted in the said verse, where Shankara, 
> the Acharya, is 'contrasted' with Shankara, the Lord. It also throws 
> light on the belief even during the Acharya's time that Shankaracharya 
> was the incarnation of Shiva.
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