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

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
> 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.
> >
> Starting Sthirah SthanuH Prabhur Bheemah  means it is from Mahabharata
> only.
>

Thanks.  It is this version alone that is found in the Nilakanṭha-commented
Mahabharata.

vs

>
> The Linga Puranantargata Shiva Sahasra Nama starts like Bhavah Shivo Haro
> Rudrah. There is one more from Rudra Yamala Tantra also.
>
>
> >
> > 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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