[Advaita-l] Is Ayyappa a Vedic god?

[Aditya Kumar]

 I am not sure what exactly you are pointing at. Obviously some terminology, concepts overlap among the so-called Indic religions. The fact remains that there is no mention of 'Dharma Sastha' in the scriptures. I am not considering Bhagavatam because it is a recent sectarian work. 


    On Thursday, 15 March, 2018, 8:35:39 PM IST, Siva Senani Nori via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 
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! 
N Siva Senani 

 
 
  On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 at 3:33 PM, Aditya Kumar via Advaita-l<advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  Namaste,
This is a very interesting link : http://vinu-mythoughts.blogspot.in/2010/09/ayyappa-is-buddha.html
It is evident that Buddhism had a strong presence in Southern India similar to SE Asia(Sri Vijaya) and Sri Lanka. The sleeping/reclining buddha became Ranga sleeping casually on a serpent, Padmapani became Sarangapani and elsewhere became Dandayudhapani (Palani). Of course, all these are only musings. 




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