Dear Sri Jaisimman: There are a lot of references directly and indirectly to the TejOmaya Moorthy , Sriman NaarAyaNA as Agni SvarUpan in AzhwAr's Paasurams and Vedhams . Since no one has responded to your query sofar, I will write about these references next week to provide a perspective. best wishes, V.Sdaagopan At 10:39 AM 11/25/99 +0800, you wrote: >Dear Vaishnavas, > >Hare Krishna. > >A good lady recently asked me about the significance of Karthigai for >Vaishnavas.Any one could help shed some light on the basis of Alvar Pasurams, etc. ? > >Also, the Shivaites celebrate this by burning sokappan, commemorating Lord >Shiva's appearing as a jyoti to settle the dispute between Lord Brahma and >Lord Vishnu as to who the supreme is. This of course is not accepted by >sattvika puranas and those who follow them, ie. the Vaishnavas. > >What is the Vaishnava opinion on this, with due reference to authentic >scriptural sources ? > > >Vaishnava dasanu dasan, >R. Jai Simman >Singapore
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