[Advaita-l] 'Shiva Linga pratishThaa' admitted in MBTN by Madhva

[V Subrahmanian]

In his Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya  alludes to certain events reported in
the Puranic/Epic literature and gives his own view on what they really
mean.  The episode of Rama installing the Shiva Linga is one such that
Madhva alludes to:

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"क्वचिच्छिवं क्वचिदृषीन् क्वचिद्देवान् क्वचिन्नरान् ।
नमत्यर्चयति स्तौति वरानर्थयतेऽपि च । २.१२७ ।
*लिङ्गं प्रतिष्ठापयति *वृणोत्यसुरतो वरान् ।
सर्वेश्वरः स्वतन्त्रोऽपि सर्वशक्तिश्च सर्वदा ।
सर्वज्ञोऽपि विमोहाय जनानां पुरुषोत्तमः " । २.१२८ ।

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subbu