[Advaita-l] Is Ayyappa a Vedic god?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:34 PM, Siva Senani Nori via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

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> Namaste
> Whether these be musings or beliefs or conjectures based on the principle
> that the negative is more attractive than the positive, I wonder why the
> origin of  Buddhism or Buddhist practices is not examined.
> So, use of the word Dharma indicates Buddhist influence as does the word
> Sarana!
> Buddhists do not believe in God or Veda but have temples, and of course
> the Sanatanis got those from Buddhists!
> Ever wonder where the customs of Buddhism - ascetics, ochre robes, shaving
> of head, mantras etc. -  are from?  Sheldon Pollock and his ilk must be
> very happy!
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The Jabala Upanishad has, which Shankara has cited,   ‘अथ
परिव्राड्विवर्णवासा मुण्डोऽपरिग्रहः शुचिरद्रोही भैक्षाणो ब्रह्मभूयाय भवति’
(जा. उ. ५)
<http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/jbl?page=NaN&id=JB_V05&hl=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A5%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%BD%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%83%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF>
 इति ।  four times in the bhashyas.  One can see that it contains ahimsa,
bhikshacharya, etc.

A friend shared a link to a book on Hari-Hara origins, etc.:

I learnt about the Harihara subsect on page 288 of this google book -
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=HQvbJDacNDMC&pg=
PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=harihara+subsect&source=bl&ots=QMdV4jLlSa&sig=qM-
BNyWNWzozOWnfYjJkZyKulrI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD35nW6OjZAhVMwI8KHSaLA
koQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=harihara%20subsect&f=false
It talks about Harihara iconography as mentioned in Agamas and Tantra. I'm
sure the Agamas predate 5 CE.


regards
subrahmanian.v

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