[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** RE: adhisthana devatA

[Durga Janaswamy]

thank you and regards
-- durga

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> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 12:12:06 +0530 
> Subject: Re: ***UNCHECKED*** [Advaita-l] adhisthana devatA 
> From: v.subrahmanian at gmail.com 
> To: janaswamy2001 at hotmail.com; advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org 
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> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 2:30 AM, Durga Janaswamy via Advaita-l  
> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org<mailto:advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>>  
> wrote: 
> Hari Om, 
> Namaste. 
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> What is adhisthana devatA? 
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> The Vedanta shastra has specified certain deities as 'presiding'  
> deities for various organs, constituents of our body.  Thus we have: 
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> Who are adhisthana devatAs? 
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> Agni presides over vāk, sūrya for eye, etc.  The idea is, the blessing  
> of these deities is required for the proper functioning of these  
> organs.  When, owing to the karma of the jiva, there is the withdrawal  
> of the blessing of that devatā, that particular organ ceases to  
> function properly or totally.  These devatās are also called abhimāni  
> devatās. 
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> If one lives a good life adhering to the do's and don'ts of the  
> shāstram, there is no need to say that all the devatās will be pleased  
> and bless him. 
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> regards 
> vs 
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> thank you and regards 
> -- durga prasad 
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