[Advaita-l] A Plea for Dharmic Help - Books Needed

Srikrishna Ghadiyaram srikrishna_ghadiyaram at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 9 13:54:17 CDT 2005


Hello, Kartik

Please refer to the title,

Apastamba Grihya Kaumudi, Ekagni Kanda mantra bhashya
sahitamu, Telugu Vyakhya by Sri Vangala Venkatarama
Sastry, Rs. 120/-

This book has mantra in Telugu lipi and commentary in
Telugu.

This can be procured from 

Vangala Markandeya Sastry, BPC Dealer
KK Towers, Flat # G1
3/19 Brodipet
Guntur- 522 002
Tel: 863-2241127

Regards

Srikrishna

--- S Jayanarayanan <sjayana at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Recently, I had the good fortune to pay my respects
> to Pandit
> Mallikarjuna Sharma (MS), an erudite scholar of
> mImAmsA. He has
> been bestowed the title of mImAmsA shiromaNi, the
> highest award
> to a traditional scholar of mImAmsA (which, btw, was
> also
> Vidyasankar Sundaresan's grandfather's appellation).
> He is
> reputed to be one of the most learned scholars in
> mImAmsA living
> today.
> 
> MS has invited anyone interested in studying mImAmsA
> to come
> over to his home and learn from him. Unlike the
> chanting of the
> Vedas which is limited to only certain individuals,
> anyone can
> learn mImAmsA, including women. MS can read, write
> and speak
> fluently Sanskrit and Telugu, and can converse in
> Tamil
> reasonably well (albeit with an accent). His
> knowledge of
> English is minimal though. He speaks with a calm
> tone, can clear
> doubts with ease and freely quotes scripture from
> memory as and
> when the need arises. He exemplifies everything that
> a
> traditional scholar should be.
> 
> MS is now busy writing a book on mImAmsA
> specifically pertaining
> to the taittirIya shAkhA (KR^ishhNa yajurveda). For
> this
> purpose, he requires certain Sanskrit texts to
> complete his
> work. Hence he has requested that I, along with
> other friends,
> either buy or photocopy the requisite texts from
> various
> libraries and make them available to him. If anyone
> is able to
> locate the following texts in a library in India or
> USA or
> elsewhere, please photocopy and send them either to
> MS's or my
> address (both at the end of this email). MS also
> knows some
> libraries in Madras that carry these books, and
> wouldn't mind
> accepting some monetary help in this regard. Thanks
> in advance
> for all your kind help.
> 
> The following books that are required, ***
> PREFERABLY ALL IN
> SANSKRIT ORIGINAL ***.
> 
> The shrauta, gR^ihya, dharma, shilpa sUtras by:
> 
> 1) Apastamba
> 2) BodhAyana
> 3) KAtyAyana
> 4) vaikhAnasa
> 5) satyashaaDha
> 6) BhAradvaja
> 7) AshvalAyana
> 8) shAnkhAyana
> 9) drAhyAyaNa
> 10) LATyAyana
> 
> Note again that the shrauta, GR^ihya, dharma and
> shilpa sUtras
> of all the above should preferably be in Sanskrit
> original.
> 
> Please see if you can get the following vyAkhyAnas
> (commentaries) as well:
> 
> 1) dhUrta
> 2) rAmANDara
> 3) rudradatta
> 4) haradatta
> 5) kapardi
> 6) ANDapilla
> 
> If possible, the following commentaries on yajurveda
> would also
> be helpful:
> 
> 1) shAyaNa
> 2) BhaTTa BhAskara
> 3) MAdhava
> 4) MahIdhara
> 
> Even if one is unable to photocopy the materials,
> but can locate
> the books (in manuscript, leaf, printed form, etc.),
> please
> email me directly with the location of the material.
> The
> following places are likely to be in possession of
> the required
> books:
> 
> 1) Sanskrit departments at various universities
> 2) Oriental libraries
> 
> (University of Pune is reputed to be a good place to
> search).
> 
> Please send the above photocopied materials to
> (monetary
> donations can be sent directly to MS, whose address
> is listed
> subsequently):
> 
> S. Jayanarayanan
> 107 Osage Ave
> Los Altos, CA 94022. USA.
> 
> Once I receive the photocopies at the above address,
> I can
> easily route it to MS.
> 
> Monetary donations to be sent to (you may send the
> photocopied
> books also to this address if you like):
> 
> (Please make check payable to 
> "Sri Ramachandra-Saraswati-Veda-Shastra-Parishat")
> No. 205, 7th street
> Ashtalaksnminagar
> Alappaakkam, Chennai - 600116. India.
> Phone: +91-44-24765353.
> Cell: +91-9444375353.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kartik
> 
>
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