[Advaita-l] Bhashyam books in Tamil

[Sundaram Venkatraman]

I saw a Bhashyam book in Tamil at Ramakrishnan Book Store Opp Mylapore tank in Chennai. If I remember right it is written by Swami Ashokananda and is meant for the uninitiated. Though predominantly based on Shankara  Bhashya, it also makes use of the bhashyas of the other 2 acharyas (as per its preface). Would recommend the same for your parents. Regards,

Venkatraman

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> On 05-Sep-2016, at 10:36 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 10:19 PM, Sriram Sankaranarayanan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Namaste,
>> 
>> I would like to find a good place/website to buy the following. Places
>> either in Bangalore or Coimbatore. I did some search on the internet but
>> could find any.
>> 
>>   1. Srimad Bhagavad Gita with Shankara Bhashyam in Tamil
>>   2. Brahma Sutram with Shankara Bhashyam in Tamil
>> 
>> I am planning to buy these for my parents and English versions are NOT of
>> much help.
> 
> Your intention is laudable though the bhashyam as such, without someone to
> expound them, will not be of much use to your parents unless they are
> already exposed to Vedantic terms/concepts.
> 
> I have seen the Tamil translation of the Brahma sutra bhashyam by Sri
> Jnanananda Saraswati Swamigal (formerly Sri R.Krishnaswamy Iyer) and it
> contains quite a number of Sanskrit terms and the narrative is quite terse.
> The subject is such that it cannot be presented in simple language.
> 
> I would suggest the Tamil book on the Bhagavadgita by Swami Chidbhavananda
> which is not divorced from  Advaita  and also has a lot of foot notes/cross
> references from Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's teachings.
> 
> This is only my impression and am not trying to influence your decision.  I
> shall anyway try to give you the information you have sought.
> 
>> 
>> Thank you for any help in advance.
>> Sriram
>> 
>> Hamsah Soham
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