Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Srimad Vara Vara Munaye nama: Dear bhAgavthAs, Pranams to all. There was a spelling mistake which had conveyed somethingelse to the moderators but the other word(caiddha) should have conveyed the right meaning. It is "ArSha" and not Archa. Also abhimAna sthala was categorised as one of the sthalas and not dhivya sthalas. Only if the sthala has AzhvArs magaLAshAsanam,it is called dhivya sthala. For example TirunArAyaNapuram is swayamvyaktha but is not a dhivya dhEsham but a purANa sthalam,same is true with abhimAna sthalas. Only the first three viz., swayamvyaktha,ArSha, and dhaiva are the most important and swayamvyaktha is the foremost of all. Verily sorry for the slight of hand. PS:"thamar ugandhadhu..." is a justification for arca(idol)worship which does not find a place in bAdArAyana's brahmasUthra. So my dear Ramanuja could not defend the "arca" worship(as one of the five manifestations of God) in his commentary on brahmasUthra. Sri Ramanuja refers to Arca worship in his Gita BhASya 4.11. Arca form/worship is easily accessible/saulabhya to all at all times and in all places. Refer to PoikaiAzhvAr's Mudhal TiruvandhAdhi 44(or NDP 2125):"thamar ugandhadhu evvuruvam avvuruvam...AzhiyAnAm". Also Sri PiLLai LOkAchArya's Mumukshuppadi(also refer to arTha pancakam) ChUrNai 139: "ingu sonna saulabhyaththukku ellai nilam arcAvathAram". AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam NC Nappinnai > (2)Archa/caiddha:God,in response to the great penance(tapas) done by > the rshis/sages,manifests in the form of idols and these are > consecrated by the sages. [ moderators note: archA forms need not just occur as a result of tapas/penance. Our LOrd, upon his own will, can come wherever He wants to be with the bhaktAs He likes. Also, anything and everything that true bhaktAs think the Lord is present in, He is present there - This is also archa "thamar ugandhadhu evvuruvam avvuruvam thAnE".. "abhimAna sthala" refers to temples of importance that do not fall under the 108 divyadEsams category. i.e. the perumAL there can be svayam vyaktha or of any other origin. ]
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