[Advaita-l] Paramaartha-Saara classes

[Jaishankar Narayanan]

Namaste,

We have started the class from last Sunday. Those who want to listen to the
recordings can check the below YouTube playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQKd_PX_OU&list=PLnZ7wsx5fCtUahIOAejJBW9lAryw-niu3&ab_channel=AarshaVidyaVarshini&index=0

With love and prayers,
Jaishankar

On Sun, 6 Apr, 2025, 10:51 pm Jaishankar Narayanan, <jai1971 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> Recently I came across the Prakarana grantha Paramaartha-Saara authored by
> Adi Sesha and is supposed to predate even Gaudapada Karikas. In just 85
> verses in Aaryaa Chandas this text deals with all the topics in Advaita -
> explaining with different analogies which were also used by Shankara later.
>
> This text is also referenced in Vidyaranya's Jeevanmukti Viveka, where it
> is called Aaryaa-panchaasheeti (85 verses in Aarya chandas / metre).
> Abhinava Gupta who is a great acharya of Kashmiri Shaiva Darshana adapted
> this text, and expanded it, while retaining the original title, to form a
> manual of the Pratyabhijna Shaiva marga. You can read this text at
>
> https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_major_works/paramArthasAraAdishesha.html
>
> I am going to conduct online classes on this text in English over zoom.
> The classes will be conducted every Sunday, starting 27th of Apr 2025,
> from 07.30 AM to 08.30 AM IST. Those who want to attend the classes can
> message your request to the number +919710946652
>
> with love and prayers,
> Jaishankar
>