[Advaita-l] Shankara authenticates Shiva as the son of Brahma

[D Gayatri]

I checked the critical edition of the Anusasana parvan. I could not
find any references to Hanuman or Ravana in there.


On 15 August 2016 at 05:35, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 3:44 PM, D Gayatri <dgayatrinov10 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> //In fact there is a report in the MB that Shiva is the one who, in the
>> form of Hanuman that committed himself to the loving service of Rama. //
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>> Please give me the moola shlokas for this. As far as I know, Hanuman is
>> treated as the son of vAyu (not Shiva), in both Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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> In this page of sacred texts, MB, Ganguly, is a reference:
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> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/m13a017.htm
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> The title of this chapter is:
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> "Vasudeva said, 'Concentrating his mind, O Yudhishthira. the regenerate
> Rishi Upamanyu, with hands joined together in reverence uttered this
> abstract of names (applying to Mahadeva), commencing from the beginning.'
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> //Thou art the mighty ape Hanuman that aided Vishnu in the incarnation of
> Rama in his expedition against Ravana. //