[Advaita-l] Meaning of Gayatri mantra

anupam srivatsav anupam.srivatsav at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 03:20:09 CST 2009


Dear friends,
Namaste.
I like to have all the commentaries.  If possible, please send to the
group if the use of wider public.  Otherwise, please send to my
personal ID.

With namaskars,
Anupam.

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Venkata Subramanian
<venkat_advaita at yahoo.com> wrote:
> There is also one by Mayavaram Brahma Sri Sitarama Sastrigal. This Sandhyavandana Commentary (including on Gayatri Japa) has been published by Vani Vilas Press, Srirangam
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Venkat.
>
> Sadgurubhyo Namah.
>
> --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rama.balasubramanian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rama.balasubramanian at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Meaning of Gayatri mantra
> To: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 4:37 AM
>
> I volunteer to proof-read the shankara bhashyam.
>
> BTW, Gaudapada Karika is not directly relevant since it deals with om
> and not gAyatrI - I know the connection, but there is a difference in
> exegesis.
>
> Rama
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Haresh Bakshi <hareshbakshi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> namaste, Surely, also GauDapaada kaarikaa (and sha.nkara commentary) --
>> these being more than an adjunct.
>>
>> dhanyavaadaH |
>> Haresh.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Ajit Krishnan
> <ajit.krishnan at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> namaste,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for sanskrit commentaries on the Gayatri mantra. I
> will typeset
>>> them and make the collection available.
>>>
>>> So far, I have the following:
>>>
>>> (a) various commentaries from vaidyanAtha dIkshitIyam (Mainly, from
>>> smRiti-bhAskara, mantra-dIpikA, varadarAjA-s nitya-mantra-vyAkhyAna
>>> and nirukta-bhAShyam)
>>> (b) shankara bhAShyam on the relevant portion of the chAndogya
> upaniShad
>>> (c) "gAyatrI upanishad" portion of the gopatha-brAhmaNa
>>> (d) gloss called "pratyag brahmaikya bodhikA" attributed to
> shankara (from
>>> Tamil Nadu)
>>> (e) another bhAshyam attributed to shankara (from Andhra)
>>> (f) gAyatrI-gItA
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm looking for additional commentaries (including Sayana's),
> as well
>>> as different editions of d,e,f, since the source material I have is
> full of
>>> typos. I'm particularly looking for "(e) shankara
> bhAShyam" since the copy
>>> I
>>> have is missing the remainder of the section which starts like this:
>>> "yaH savitA devaH naH asmAkaM dhiyaH karmANi dharmAdi-viShayA vA
> buddhiH
>>> pracodayAt prerayet, tat tasya . . . "
>>>
>>> In anyone is interested in helping with the proofreading, please let
> me
>>> know, and I'll gladly take you up on the offer.
>>>
>>> bhavadIyaH,
>>
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