[Advaita-l] Shankara authenticates Shiva as the son of Brahma

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 3:44 PM, D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> //In fact there is a report in the MB that Shiva is the one who, in the
> form of Hanuman that committed himself to the loving service of Rama. //
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> Please give me the moola shlokas for this. As far as I know, Hanuman is
> treated as the son of vAyu (not Shiva), in both Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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In this page of sacred texts, MB, Ganguly, is a reference:


http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/m13a017.htm

The title of this chapter is:

"Vasudeva said, 'Concentrating his mind, O Yudhishthira. the regenerate
Rishi Upamanyu, with hands joined together in reverence uttered this
abstract of names (applying to Mahadeva), commencing from the beginning.'



//Thou art the mighty ape Hanuman that aided Vishnu in the incarnation of
Rama in his expedition against Ravana. //

vs




> From my side, I will shortly give you references for this in the Ramayana
> and Mahabharata. Having said that, Tulsidas calls Hanuman as Shankara
> suvana, so what you said might also have basis. But Tulsidas was from 16th
> century, so he is pretty recent.
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