[Advaita-l] The Authenticity of the Shiva Sahasra Nāma

[V Subrahmanian]

Thank you Sriram ji, for the excerpts from that book.

warm regards
subrahmanian.v

On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> shrI Ananda tIrtha, omitted the pUrva pITika and phala-shruti and directly
> took off with very short tika. The names commence with sthira, sthANu,
> prabhuH.....and end with shrIvardhanaH, jagat.
>
> Thus, the total count comes to "1008" which has an esoteric numerical
> significance.
>
> The meanings for some of the names are thought-provoking like:
>
> guhaH = sarvasya yOgamAyA samAvrutaH = that which envelopes the Jiva with
> mAyA
>
> a-yajnaH = yE sha u vA shubhAshubhaiH karma phalaiH EnaM samyOjita swayaM
> samyuktO bhavati =
>                  The one who is untouched by karma and stands as "sAkshi"
>
> AdityaH = hiraNmaya sabda vAchya iti rudraH
>
> unmAdaH = mahAsantOsha swarUpaH
>
> vAmanaH = vAmaM+naH ie., one who pushes the enemies into darkness
>
> vipaNaH = paNa iti vyavahAra stutau ; vigataH paNaH ie., one who is beyond
> the vyavahAra
>
> nItiH = nayanashIlavAn ie., sa EnA brahmagamayati ie., one who bestows the
> uttama gati and lOka
>
> darpaNaH = bimbOsi pratibimba(a)smi iti pramANaH
>
> laghaH = manOharaH
>
> mahAkarNaH = brahmANDa-bhEdakaH ie., whose fame & majesty has spread the
> entire universe
>
> viSNuH = one who fulfills the wishes of His devotees
>
> Like this, there are several names for which Shri.Ananda Tirtha equates
> shiva with viSNu.
>
> Now-a-days, I am losing patience in writing long posts as I am
> hard-pressed in office and also growing old.  When time permits, would put
> forth further ....
>
> regs,
> sriram
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