SrI:
Dear Students of VaishNava
Aagamams :
Among the two VaishNavite Aagmams
,
PaancharAthram is better known
than
VikhAnasam as the chosen mode
of worship
of BhagavAn
.
Hailing from ThiruviNNagaram (
Oppiliappan
Sannidhi) , adiyEn always
wanted to know more
about VaikhAnasa Aagamam , its
prtotocols in
the method of worship of Sriman
Narayanan .
Few days ago , SrI Srivatsan
hailing from
a VaikAnasa archaka paramparai
sent me
an authoritative monograph on
Vaikhanasa
Aagamam authored by Saastra
ChUDAmaNi ,
Professor S.K.
Ramachandra
Rao and released
by the Kalpatharu
Research Academy of
Bangalore in 1990 . adiyEn will
use it extensively
to summaraize the highlights of
VaikhAnasa
Aagamam .
My Thanks are to
Srivatsan for his
thoughtfulness
to present this monograph to gain
a better
understanding of the literature ,
Philosophy
and the rituals of VaikhAnasa
Aagama .
adiyEn will cover the following
items in a series of
Posts , which will be the
basis of a future e-book
in the Ahobilavalli series
:
1. The Dhivya Desams where
AarAdhanam is
according to
VaikhAnasa Vidhi take place.
Other AbhimAna Sthalams , where
VaikhAnasa
worship is
prevalent in Tamil Naadu , Karnataka
and Andhra
PradhEsh .
2. VailkAnasa Community : Unique
Aspects :
Special
Philosophy of their own , five iconc
representations
, SramaNaka Agni .
3. Lakshmi VisishtAdhvaitham &
Vaikhanasam
4. Ubhaya VedAntham and
VaikhAnasam:
VishNu of
VaikhAnasam over NaarAyaNa of
BhAgavathAs and
VaasudEvan of PaancharAthram
5. Sage Vikhanasar's Four sishyAs
: Marichi ,
Athri, Kaasyapa and
Bhrugu ; Excerpts from
the Eight
samhithAs of Marichi , Fourteen
adhikaraNAs of
Bhrugu, Four TantrAs of
Athri
and the three
KaaNDaas of
Kaasyapa .
6.VaikhAnasa Kalpa SutrAs (Srauta
,Gruhya/smArta
and dharma
sutrAs) .
7.VaikhAnasa Philosophy and
Conduct in Temple
(Temple Culture)
/what not to do inside the VishNu'
Aalayam
?
Sri Vikhanasa MunayE
Nama:
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchari
Sadagopan
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