воскресенье, 31 декабря 2017 г.

"SRIVACANA BHUSANA OF PILLAI LOKACARYA" #English translation by Dr. Robert C. Lester# [The Kuppuswamy Sastri Research Institute] ~Madras-4 1979~


UPDATE from 01-May-2019: enhanced scan had been added [optimized size 4MB + OCR-txt-layer in English]
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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: "Shree Vachana-Bhushanam" by OM VishnuPad Shree Pillai LokAcharya is the main Grantha of Tenkalai (The Southern Branch of Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya). 

I was very much amazed noticing that the translation had been made not by a representative of Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya, but by a western indologist (Dr. Robert C. Lester from Colorado).

Usually I shun and avoid the translations of western indologists, because Sampradayik translations must be made by native Hindu representatives of Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya. 
In spite of western origin this translation is perfect and it was made with the assistance of Sri Agnihotram Ramanuja Tatacharya and prof. A. Tiruvengadathan (Dr. Robert C. Lester communicated with both of them in Madras as the foreword to the translation says).
I recommend to study this translation with the classic English translation by Sri SatyaMurthi Swami of Gwalior, the scan be found here - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2016/02/srivachana-bhusahanam-by-sri-pillai.html

Some perfect Hindi editions of "Shree Vachana-Bhushanam" exist too, I will add them to my E-Library later. 

T H I S   S C A N   B E L O N G S   T O   T H E   F A M I L Y   O F   M Y   C O M P A C T  
 V A I S H N A V A   E - L I B R A R I E S ,   T H E Y   C A N   B E   F O U N D   O N :  
Wordpress (a catalogue with pictures and cloud links to PDF-scans) - #Wordpress
Nimbus (this is just a TXT-version without pictures) - #Nimbus
Airborn (the mirror of Wordpress) - #Airborn
GoogleDocs (the mirror of Wordpress) - #GoogleDocs

"SRI VISHNU SAHASRANAMA WITH THE BHASHYA OF SRI PARASARA BHATTAR" [Sanskrit-English] #translated by prof. A. Srinivasa Raghavan# ~1983~

UPDATE from 01-May-2019: enhanced scan had been added [optimized size 25MB + OCR-txt-layer in English]
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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: This is one of the most precious acquisitions for me! 

No need in annotation from me, because all the Granthas by Shree Parashara Bhatta belong to the eternal classics of Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya. 
T H I S   S C A N   B E L O N G S   T O   T H E   F A M I L Y   O F   M Y   C O M P A C T  
 V A I S H N A V A   E - L I B R A R I E S ,   T H E Y   C A N   B E   F O U N D   O N :  
Wordpress (a catalogue with pictures and cloud links to PDF-scans) - #Wordpress
Nimbus (this is just a TXT-version without pictures) - #Nimbus
Airborn (the mirror of Wordpress) - #Airborn
GoogleDocs (the mirror of Wordpress) - #GoogleDocs

"Shree Lakshmi-Stotram" composed by AnandaTirtha (Shree MadhvAcharya)...

IF YOU LOVE RARE STOTRAS DEVOTED TO SHREEMATI MAHALAKSHMI-DEVI, THEN "SHREE LAKSHMI-STOTRAM" WRITTEN BY MADHVACHARYA (ANANDATIRTHA) WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST CHERISHED DISCOVERIES!
THE FOLLOWING EXPLANATION AND TRANSLATION IS FROM #"DVADASA STOTRAM (TWELVE HYMNS) OF SRI MADHVACHARYA" BY KOWLAGI SESHACHAR#:

"As regards the relative position of this Canto in the Dvadasastotra there seems to be some difference of opinion. The late C. M. Padmanabhacharya in his edition of the Dvadasastotra records that this Canto appears as the 12th Canto in the manuscript written by H. H. Hrishikeshatirtha, one of the direct disciples of Sri Madhva and the first pontiff of the Palimar Matha, Udupi. 

But the extant editions of the Dvadasastotra including
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Happy New Year!

Happy New 2018 Year to all the Vaishnavas (and Shaktas, of course, because Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya is Shree MahaLakshmi-Sampradaya, that is Shakta-Sampradaya first of all!). 

I wish all the best and "joy everywhere" to all the prapannas from Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya in the forthcoming year!
As Shreemati Andal-Devi says in "Tiruppavai", 30: "The Grace of The Mighty Four-Armed Precious Lord of Lotus Eyes and Auspiciuos Face and joy everywhere!". 
Vishnudut1926, Moscow, 31st December of 2017

суббота, 30 декабря 2017 г.

New simplified and minimal E-Library on Cryptpad (and my musings over the idea of digital backup as well)...

I am glad to inform my blog visitors, that I have created the light version [mirror] of my entire E-Library on Cryptpad. 

The new light version contains all core and crucial Vaishnava Granthas from my standard E-Library, but due to the compressed images, Cryptpad engine and "the unified catalogue with all-in-one" style it is faster and more convenient. 

Everybody is invited to visit and the big banner with the link will be attached to the right panel of my blog from nowadays (and forever):


The further text is the explanation of the "mirror E-Library" idea for tech-savvy persons, it will be useful in case you would like to create simplified online catalogue and feel wary about your backups.

I will explain the idea behind this mirror. As you remember
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Новая легкая электронная библиотека на Cryptpad...

Сегодня, сразу после Экадаши, я потратила примерно полдня на обдумывание идеи копии моей электронной библиотеки и ее последующее создание.

В результате была скомпилирована новая облегченная и минималистичная версия библиотеки на CryptPad, ссылка ниже + большой баннер-ссылка теперь всегда будет висеть на правой панели блога:


Объясню идею подобного кульбита, объяснение будет полезно тем, кто распространяет скачиваемый контент. Моя библиотека базируется на
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пятница, 29 декабря 2017 г.

"DVADASA STOTRAM (TWELVE HYMNS) OF SRI MADHVACHARYA" #English translation by Kowlagi Seshachar# ~Sri RamaKrishna Math edition~

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: The masterpiece Devotional Poetry by OM VishnuPad Shree MadhvAcharya (The Founder Acharya of Shree Madhva-Vaishnava-Sampradaya or Dvaita-Siddhanta or Tattvavada). 
The English translation is flawless as well as the scan quality. Don't miss, not only in Kali-Yuga, but in any Yuga, this Grantha must be honoured and recited in every Vaishnava home!!!
T H I S   S C A N   B E L O N G S   T O   T H E   F A M I L Y   O F   M Y   C O M P A C T  
 V A I S H N A V A   E - L I B R A R I E S ,   T H E Y   C A N   B E   F O U N D   O N :  
Wordpress (a catalogue with pictures and cloud links to PDF-scans) - #Wordpress
Nimbus (this is just a TXT-version without pictures) - #Nimbus
Airborn (the mirror of Wordpress) - #Airborn
GoogleDocs (the mirror of Wordpress) - #GoogleDocs

The Supreme Guru of ShreeSampradaya (श्रीसम्प्रदाय)...

SPLENDID EXPLANATION OF "ONLY ADI-SHAKTI [SITA OR MAHALAKSHMI] IS OUR ORIGINAL GURU"-CONCEPT FROM #"MAHAVIRI HANUMAN CHALISA DEMYSTIFIED"#:

"In the Ramacaritamanasa, Tulasidasa says:

bama-bhaga sobhati anukula adi-sakti chabi-nidhi jaga-mula [RCM 1.148.2]

Translation: “On the left side of Lord Rama, Mother Sita shines forth. She is ever favourable, the Primordial Power (Adi-Shakti), the treasure of beauty, and the original cause of the world."

The same Mother Sita manifests Herself in the auspicious land of Mithila with the purpose of increasing the fame of King Janaka. 

Being resplendent on the left side of Lord Rama, She destroys any opposition in living beings towards the Lord. 

The word "SHREE" (श्री) is compounded with the word "GURU" (गुरु) in 2 ways, to give 2 meanings explained as follows.

As an elliptic and dependent determinative compound [29] the word "ShriGuru" is parsed as "shriya anugrhitah guruh iti shriguruh", which means "a Guru who is favoured or blessed by Goddess Shree (Mother Sita)."
[29]In Sanskrit, an elliptic compound is called a madhyama-pada-lopi samasa, while a dependent determinative compound is called a tatpurusa samasa. In this interpretation, the dependent determinative compound is in the instrumental case (trtiya vibhakti).
The purport is that the mind can be cleansed by the dirt from the feet of only such a Guru who has been initiated in the tradition of "SHREE" (श्री), because the vices resulting from avidya (ignorance) do not go away without the Grace of "SHREE" (श्री). 

In other words, the Grace of "SHREE" (श्री) is necessary since even though "SHREE" (श्री) is not different from the Lord, Gosvami Tulasidasa acknowledges Her as Bhakti Herself in the Ramacaritamanasa:

lasata mahju-muni-mandali madhya siya raghucanda gyana-sabha janu tanu dhare bhagati saccidananda [RCM 2.239]

Translation: "Amidst the pleasant assembly of sages, Mother Sita and Lord Rama are resplendent, as if they are bhakti (devotion) and sat-cit-ananda (existence, consciousness, and bliss) incarnate in the assembly of personified jnana (knowledge).”

As an appositional determinative compound, the word "ShriGuru" is parsed as "shrih eva guruh iti shriguruh", meaning "Guru who is the Goddess Sri (Mother Lakshmi or Sita) Herself." 
In the Hindu Tradition known as ShriSampradaya, the preceptors Ramanuja and Ramananda acknowledge the Goddess "SHREE" (श्री) as The Supreme Guru. 
Older preceptors have accepted Mother Sita to be the Guru of Hanuman. It is said of Hanuman:

samasta-nigamacharyam sita-shishyam gurorgurum

Translation: "To Hanuman, who is the preceptor of all Vedas and Vedic knowledge, who is the disciple of Mother Sita, and who is the Guru of even Brhaspati (the Guru of all deities). ”

Therefore, the remembrance of "SHREE" (श्री) - Mother Sita, the preceptor of Hanuman, is extremely useful at the beginning of the Hanuman-Chalisa, which has been composed to propitiate Hanuman". 

Cited from
#translated and annotated by Nityananda Misra# 
[Niramaya Publishing Mumbai] ~2015~, 
pages 37-39

OCR by Vishnudut1926, Moscow, December 2017

четверг, 28 декабря 2017 г.

"A CONDENSED RENDERING OF SRI RAMANUJA'S GITA BHASYA" #by K.R. Krishnaswami# ~2003~

UPDATE from 01-May-2019: enhanced scan had been added [optimized size 11MB + OCR-txt-layer in English]

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: Shree RamanujAcharya's Tikas (commentaries) to "Shree Bhagavad-Gita" in the simplified/condensed form. 

Brilliant edition - very simple and well-structured! The translation is simple and plain, so it will be comprehensible even by the beginners.

The edition by Swami Devananda also very much recommended, you can find it here - #"SRI RAMANUJA GITA BHASYA" Devanagari and English Rendering - translation by Swami Adidevananda#
T H I S   S C A N   B E L O N G S   T O   T H E   F A M I L Y   O F   M Y   C O M P A C T  
 V A I S H N A V A   E - L I B R A R I E S ,   T H E Y   C A N   B E   F O U N D   O N :  
Wordpress (a catalogue with pictures and cloud links to PDF-scans) - #Wordpress
Nimbus (this is just a TXT-version without pictures) - #Nimbus
Airborn (the mirror of Wordpress) - #Airborn
GoogleDocs (the mirror of Wordpress) - #GoogleDocs

"THE GITABHASYA OF RAMANUJA" #translated by M. R. Sampatkumaran# [Ananthacharya Indological Research Institute] ~1985~

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: The advanced English translation of Shree RamanujAcharya's Tikas (commentaries) to "Shree Bhagavad-Gita". The quality of the scan is not perfect, but it is quite readable.

If you are a beginner, the following edition (condensed and simplified variant) will be the better choice - #"A CONDENSED RENDERING OF SRI RAMANUJA'S GITA BHASYA" by K. R. Krishnaswami ~2003~# 

The example of the scan's page: 

T H I S   S C A N   B E L O N G S   T O   T H E   F A M I L Y   O F   M Y   C O M P A C T  
 V A I S H N A V A   E - L I B R A R I E S ,   T H E Y   C A N   B E   F O U N D   O N :  
Wordpress (a catalogue with pictures and cloud links to PDF-scans) - #Wordpress
Nimbus (this is just a TXT-version without pictures) - #Nimbus
Airborn (the mirror of Wordpress) - #Airborn
GoogleDocs (the mirror of Wordpress) - #GoogleDocs

Redesign and new prefix-based system in my Vaishnava E-Library...

I have totally re-designed and re-structured one of the primary sections of my blog today  - #E-BOOKS 01 (Vaishnava)#

I am going to upload more and more Orthodox Vaishnava Granthas (Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya and Shree Madhva-Sampradaya) in the very near future. 

In view of this fact I have created completely new structure for this part of my E-Library, it is based on the prefixes and looks in the following way: 

The library structure is based on prefixes: 
RAM#1: Alwars, Shree Ramanuja, Divya Prabandhas
RAM#2: Shree Pillai Lokacharya, Shree Vedanta Desika and Eternal Classics of Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya
PAN#3: Pancharatra (Vaishnava Tantras And Agamas)
PHIL#4: Philosophy, Researches [Shree Ramanuja-Sampradaya]
MADHV#1: Shree Madhva-Sampradaya (Dvaita, Tattvavada, Ananda Tirtha)
VAR#1 [VARIOUS]: other sampradayas and etc.

The link to the updated and re-designed Vaishnava-Library (this link is always among the upper tabs of my blog - now with pink flower and ＼(^o^)／"excited" ASCII-emoticon:

＼(^o^)／####E-BOOKS 01 (Vaishnava)####＼(^o^)／


Обновление (и редизайн с префиксами) Вайшнавской части моей электронной библиотеки...

НЕБОЛЬШОЕ РЕФОРМИРОВАНИЕ БИБЛИОТЕКИ ПОД НОВЫЙ 2018ЫЙ ГОД, А ИМЕННО ТОЙ ЧАСТИ, КОТОРАЯ ПОСВЯЩЕНА ВАЙШНАВИЗМУ - #E-BOOKS 01 (Vaishnava)#＼(^o^)／

Как вы заметили, в последнее время я загружаю очень много сканов от Шри Рамануджа-Сампрадаи + дополнила библиотеку Грантхами Шри Мадхва-Сампрадаи (например, гениальной #"Шри Вишну-Таттва-Нирнаей" Шри МадхвАчарьи#).

Более того, я собираюсь добавить в E-Library еще больше сканов от 2 ортодоксальных Вайшнава-Сампрадай (Рамануджа-Сампрадая и Мадхва-Сампрадая). 

Я сейчас, например, занимаюсь упорядочиванием сканов Грантх Альваров (Шримати Андал-Деви, Кулашекхара Альвар, ВишнуЧитта и Другие). Хочу также обратить внимание на недавно загруженный скан #"THE MYSTICISM OF POYGAI ALVAR" BY R. BALASUBRAMANIAN# - гениальное исследование и перевод!

До этого у меня в библиотеке не было логической структуры, сканы просто шли в числовом порядке, по дате загрузки - из-за этого библиотека стала выглядеть как пёстрое одеяло: например, рядом с Грантхой от Шри Мадхва-Сампрадаи можно было найти "Шри Кришна-Карнамриту".

Теперь библиотека полностью перекроена по паттерну, который базируется на системе префиксов:


Общая система следующая:

1. Первыми идут Грантхи моей родной и самой любимой в мире Шри Рамануджа-Сампрадаи (Шри МахаЛакшми-Сампрадаи). Они упорядочены по рубрикам.
2. Второй приоритет - Грантхи Шри Мадхва-Сампрадаи.
3. Третий приоритет - рубрика Various - Грантхи других Сампрадай (Шри Валлабха-Сампрадая, разные сборники, очерки, немного Ассамского Бхакти от Шанкара-Девы и т.п.)

В 2018 году блог и библиотека продолжат движение в сторону Вайшнава-Ортодоксии (Рамануджа-Сампрадая и Мадхва-Сампрадая), постов на Санскрите, английском, Хинди (русского, скорее всего, будет очень мало),  а также в сторону саттвичного Ведического Шактизма (Самаячара и Дакшиначара - Vaidik Samayachara and Dakshinachara).

Ссылка на обновлённую Вайшнавскую часть E-Library:
＼(^o^)／#E-BOOKS 01 (Vaishnava)#＼(^o^)／

Вишнудутка1926, Москва, декабрь 2017

среда, 27 декабря 2017 г.

Krishna and Ramanuja: 7 common traits...


"Scholars have drawn comparisons between Ramanuja and Krishna:

1. Krishna is the younger brother of Balarama (also called Rama) and is therefore Ramanuja [note by Vishnudut1926: because OM VishnuPad Shree RamanujAcharya is the Avatara of AnantaShesha (BalaRama), so Krishna is the younger brother of Shree RamanujAcharya]

2. Krishna is the 8th child of Devaki and Vasudeva. Ramanuja is
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"LEXICOGRAPHY OF RAMANUJACHARYA - FOUNDER OF VISISTHADVAITAM" #by T. Rengarajan# [Eastern Book Linkers] ~2013~

UPDATE from 30-April-2019: enhanced scan had been added [optimized size + OCR-txt-layer in English]

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: I have dreamt about the Grantha of this kind for all my life! It contains not only eloquently written biography of Shree Ramanuja MahAcharya, but the life synopses of 74 disciples of Shree YatiraRaja MahAcharya as well! 

Incredible Grantha, incredible emotions! 

My recent post about OM VishnuPad Shree YamunAcharya had been from this Grantha - http://vishnudut1926.blogspot.ru/2017/12/yamunacharya-part-001.html

A little bit of info from the authors' foreword to the Grantha:

T H I S   S C A N   B E L O N G S   T O   T H E   F A M I L Y   O F   M Y   C O M P A C T  
 V A I S H N A V A   E - L I B R A R I E S ,   T H E Y   C A N   B E   F O U N D   O N :  
Wordpress (a catalogue with pictures and cloud links to PDF-scans) - #Wordpress
Nimbus (this is just a TXT-version without pictures) - #Nimbus
Airborn (the mirror of Wordpress) - #Airborn
GoogleDocs (the mirror of Wordpress) - #GoogleDocs

"MAHAVIRI HANUMAN CHALISA DEMYSTIFIED" #translated and annotated by Nityananda Misra# [Niramaya Publishing Mumbai] ~2015~

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: The Grantha from Shree Ramanandi-Vaishnava-Sampradaya. 

The distinctive trait of this Grantha is dwelling on "Shree Hanuman-Chalisa" as what I would name as "anti-calamity-upaya" (recited either 49 or 108 days). 

If you are well-versed in Vaishnava Tantras and Agamas, you probably know, that all Hanuman-related sadhanas are usually being used against severe bandhas of all kinds (prison, Saturn and etc.)

If not, than you can find details regarding such upayas in any Hanuman-related Tantra and in some Puranas. 

The full name of the Book:

Some technical details regarding scan optimization. The scan had been optimized by me in PDF X-Change and I shrank the scan size from 220 MB (megabyts) to 27 MB. The quality is nearly the same, still if you need original  and huge 220 MB scan - you can find it on archive.org  - https://archive.org/details/MahaviriHanumanChalisaDemystifiedNityanadaMisra

вторник, 26 декабря 2017 г.

"VISHNU AND HIS INCARNATIONS" #by Shakti M.Gupta Somaiya Publications# ~Bombay 1974~

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English annotation by Vishnudut1926: Very simple book based mainly on Puranik stories. The books of this kind are very useful for the beginners and for those ones who just start to get curious about Hinduism (and Vaishnavism especially). 

I have read in 10 minutes in speedread mode. The Chapter about kinds of Vishnu Murtis (pp. 50-55) is very interesting. 

ERROR IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE AVATARAS. 

The classification of the Avataras in the book has an error, calling Krishna "Complete Avatara" ("Purna-Avatara") on page 11, but Krishna is just an "Amsha-Avatara" of Lord Shree Narayana (Vishnu) both according to "Shree Vishnu-Purana" and "Shreemad-Bhagavatam". 

5th Amsha of "Shree Vishnu-Purana" (this Amsha is dedicated to Krishna-Avatara) starts from Amsha-Siddhanta. The same in "Shreemad-Bhagavatam" - this Purana is imbued with Pramanas telling about Krishna as just an Amsha-Avatara of Bhagavan Shree Narayana (Vishnu).  

As for the 5th Amsha of "Shree Vishnu-Purana", the Praman about Krishna being an Amsha-Avatara is being repeated 2 times in the very beginning in order to give the erring people of Kali-Yuga the right Siddhanta about ONLY Bhagavan Shree Narayana (MahaVishnu) being the Purna-Avatara (Adi-Avatara or the Origin of all existing Vishnu-Avataras and Vishnu-Tattvas): 


The same case with the 2nd Chapter of 5th Amsha of "Shree Vishnu-Purana". Famous Praman "Vishnor-Amsho" (Krishna and BalaRama are just Amsha-Avataras of Narayana/Vishnu) is being repeated in the Verse 5.2.4:


The same in "Shreemad-Bhagavatam" (10.1.2). 10th Canto is dedicated to Krishna-Avatara so the Verse 10.1.2 instantly establishes "Krishna is just an Amsha-Avatara of Bhagavan Shree Vishnu"-Siddhanta:
यदोश् च धर्म-शीलस्य नितरां मुनि-सत्तम
तत्रांशेनावतीर्णस्य विष्णोर् वीर्याणि शंस नः

yadosh cha dharma-shIlasya nitarAM muni-sattama
tatrAMshenAvatIrNasya viShNor vIryANi shaMsa naH
Translation (by Vishnudut1926): "Now please describe to me the wonderful deeds of Krishna and Balarama who were just 2 Amsha-Avataras of Bhagavan Shree Vishnu". 
Nuff said! Proved (that Krishna is just an Amsha-Avatara of Bhagavan Shree Narayana!)
Vishnudut1926, Moscow, December 2017
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