Asmad Gurubhyo Namaha Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Dear Shriman Soundararajan, I am sharing what I know on this subject. I apologize in case of mistakes. Some avathaaraas are not much glorified by Azhwars. Those are Matsya, Koorma, Parasurama, Balarama and Kalki. Periyazhwar did summarize all these dasaavataras though: "Thenudaya meenamaai, aamayaai, enamaai, ariyaai, kuralaai, moondruruviraamanaai, kannanaai, kalkiyai mudippan kovil..." Parasurama has been in fact depicted as an angry person from whom Shri Rama grabbed the Dhanus and along with it his anger & thapas. As Parasurama and Balarama are more of aavesa avathaarams, they aren't glorified to much extent. But there are references to these in quite a few pasurams of azhwars. Choodikkoduttha chudarkkodi says, "Baladevarkkor keezhkkandrai", "semporkazhal adi selva baladeva" etc. Thiru Arangatthamudhanaar (author of Ramanusa Nootrandhadhi) says: "Kokkula mannarai moovezhukaal, orr koor mazhuvaal, pokkiya devanai pottrum punidhan" i.e Ramanuja worshipped that lord who destroyed 21 generations of the kshatriyas with a sharp axe - Parasurama. Regarding buddha, few of our scholars say that it was Shriman Narayana who came as him to spread the naasthika matham to maintain a balance. I am not sure whether this is authentic. Even if this is true, it is definitely not a part of the 10 avataarams. It would be more of a side track like Hayagreeva, Hamsa avataarams. I am sure other learned scholars might come up with more information. Sarva aparaadhaan kshamasva Azhwaar Emperumaanaar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam adiyen, Ramanuja Dasan --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vimalkumar ranganathan <panardasan@xxxx> wrote: > Sri: > > Respected SriVaishnavAs, > > Many fora, many discussions on this topic. I want to encapsulate them all in a single mail. According to Sri Vaishnavism, the 10 AvatArAs of Lord Sriman Narayana are: > > 1) Matsya > 2) kUrma > 3) VarAhA > 4) Nrsimha > 5) vAmanA > 6) parasurAmA > 7) rAmA > 8) balarAmA > 9) KrSnA > 10) KalkI. > > Has balarAmA been glorified by the AzhwArs or the AzAryAs?? > > And one more, the poet Jayadeva calls Buddha as an avataara, but our AzhwArs tear Buddha and his philosophy to pieces. Is the Buddha referred by JayadeEvA the same as "Adhi Buddha" or does Jayadeva glorify Gautama Buddha himself?? And what is the stand of our Sampradayam with respect to Buddha?? > > Dasan, > Kidambi Soundararajan. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |