SRIMUKHA VYAKHYA
(1871-72)
श्रीमुख और श्रीमुद्राएं
Month: October 2022
Adi Sankara Served Cause of Integration
Atmabodha’s Sushama:
“Sri Sankara established at Kanchi the Sarada Matha or the Kamakoti Pitha, renowned from the snow-clad Himalayas to the southern sea, for the administration and the enforcement of all Dharmas”.
It is worthy of note that Atmabodha emphazises the fact that Sri Sankara himself was the first Acharya of the Kamakcti Pitha.
(The Traditional Age of Sri Sankaracharya and The Mathas by A.N.Aiyer and S.L.N..Sastri)
Mahamahopadhyaya Madhava Sastri Bhandari
“We cannot do better than crown our arguments with the considered verdict of Mahamahopadhyaya Madhava Sastri Bhandari, of the Punjab Oriental University, who writes: –
“Such being the case, the Kanchi Kamakoti Pitha is unquestionably the most ancient, presided over by the Bhagavatpada himself, held in high esteem by Suresvaracharya and others, worthy of being followed by all Sisyas, and foremost in importance.”
(The Traditional Age of Sri Sankaracharya and The Mathas by A.Nataraja Aiyer and S.Lakshminarayana Sastri)
SRI SRINGERI MUTT By R. KRISHNASWAMY AIYAR
” It is idle for us to attempt to fix the exact period of time when the Master blessed the earth with his presence Scholars who have specialised in the ransacking of old records and re-building the history of the land are of varied opinion and the dates suggested by them range from 509 B C. to 788 A D. that is, for a period of nearly thirteen hundred years.
It may be mentioned however that the Sringeri tradition gives a date between these two limits and that date, namely 44 B. C, is probably neater the truth if we accept the authority of Bhaskararaya, the famous commentator of the Lalita Sahasranama Stotra.
If the Vikramarka Saka is referred to in this stanza, the date given for the birth of Sri Sankara is about 49 B. C.”
(SRI SRINGERI MUTT By R. KRISHNASWAMY AIYAR, M.A, B. L., Advocate, Tennevally – The Journal of the Sri Sankara gurukulam Srirangam, Vol. IV, No. 13.)
URDHVAMNAYA SRI KASHI SUMERU (PADUKA) MATHA
1986 MLJ 9 (Vol. II)
ADI SANKARA-AND-COURTS : SRI KAMAKOTI PEETAM AND SRI SRINGERI PEETAM AS CO-RESPONDENTS IN ONE CASE
By S.Balasubramanian, Advocate, Madras.
“…. Thus, it can be seen from Judicial pronouncements and other records mentioned above that it is not possible to have more than one view, namely, that Sri Adi Sankara had established the present Sri Kamakoti Peetam at Kanchipuram”.
1986 Madras Law Journal
His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Vidya Shankara Bharati Swamy, Avani Sringeri Matha.
Date of Buddha
( V.G.Ramachandran- Ancient India, General Editor.Dr.N.Mahalingam, Published by International Society for the Investigation of Ancient Civilization, Chennai-32, Revised Edition-1998)
