vamakeshvara tantra's essence-lalitachatuhshashtyupacharasamgraha

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.. shrI Lalita chatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgrahaH .. Five, ten, sixteen and twenty-four Upacharas are generally offered to deities during Pooja or Archana. However, sixty-four Upacharas are prescribed during the Navavarana Pooja of Shri Lalita Mahatripurasundari Rajarajeshwari Paraabhattaarikaa in the Shrichakra. These sixty-four Upacharas are detailed in Vamakeshwara Tantra and in the Parashurama Kalpasutras. Though it is not possible to physically offer all these sixty-four Upacharas to Shridevi, by mentioning these Upacharas and offering the same at the lotus feet of Shridevi using one’s imagination, the merit of actually offering these Upacharas to Shridevi are obtained. The truth of this statement is confirmed by Shri Bhaskararaya in his Setubandha and also by Shri Rameshwara Suri in his commentary on the Parashurama Kalpasutras. Shri Lalita Chatuhshashtyupachara Samgraha is a hymn, which beautifully summarizes these sixty-four Upacharas. This hymn, composed from a high state of consciousness, is the masterpiece of Brahmasri K. P. Narayana Shastrigal, the late Asthana Vidwan of Mysore State and Dakshinamnaya Shringeri Sharada Peetham and retired professor of Advaita Vedanta, Chamarajendra Sanskrit College, Bangalore. A scholar par excellence and a highly accomplished Upasaka of Shri Mahatripurasundari and Shri Chandramoulishwara, Shri Narayana Shastrigal was held in a very high regard by the Shankaracharyas of the Amnaya mutts and by scholars across the sub-continent. Most of his disciples went on to become Mahamahopadhyayas and scholars of great repute. He spent a greater part of his life in the holy city of Varanasi and was popularly referred to as ’Kashivasi’ Narayana Shastrigal. He was instrumental in editing and publishing the first ever copy of Skandadeva’s Rudra Bhashya. He accepted Turiyashrama towards the end of his life. It is popularly remembered to this day in Kashi that when the great man attained Siddhi, a Bana Linga had materialized on his body. It is indeed due to the limitless compassion of Shridevi that I was fortunate to have as my Guru Brahmasri

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Page 1: Vamakeshvara Tantra's Essence-lalitAchatuHShaShTyupachArasaMgraha

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Five, ten, sixteen and twenty-four Upacharas are generally offeredto deities during Pooja or Archana. However, sixty-four Upacharas are

prescribed during the Navavarana Pooja of Shri Lalita MahatripurasundariRajarajeshwari Paraabhattaarikaa in the Shrichakra. These sixty-fourUpacharas are detailed in Vamakeshwara Tantra and in the Parashurama

Kalpasutras. Though it is not possible to physically offer all thesesixty-four Upacharas to Shridevi, by mentioning these Upacharas and

offering the same at the lotus feet of Shridevi using one’s imagination,the merit of actually offering these Upacharas to Shridevi are

obtained. The truth of this statement is confirmed by Shri Bhaskararayain his Setubandha and also by Shri Rameshwara Suri in his

commentary on the Parashurama Kalpasutras.

Shri Lalita Chatuhshashtyupachara Samgraha is a hymn, which

beautifully summarizes these sixty-four Upacharas. This hymn, composedfrom a high state of consciousness, is the masterpiece of Brahmasri

K. P. Narayana Shastrigal, the late Asthana Vidwan of Mysore State andDakshinamnaya Shringeri Sharada Peetham and retired professor of

Advaita Vedanta, Chamarajendra Sanskrit College, Bangalore. A scholar parexcellence and a highly accomplished Upasaka of Shri Mahatripurasundariand Shri Chandramoulishwara, Shri Narayana Shastrigal was held in a very

high regard by the Shankaracharyas of the Amnaya mutts and by scholarsacross the sub-continent. Most of his disciples went on to become

Mahamahopadhyayas and scholars of great repute. He spent a greater partof his life in the holy city of Varanasi and was popularly referred to

as ’Kashivasi’ Narayana Shastrigal. He was instrumental in editing andpublishing the first ever copy of Skandadeva’s Rudra Bhashya. He accepted

Turiyashrama towards the end of his life. It is popularly rememberedto this day in Kashi that when the great man attained Siddhi, a BanaLinga had materialized on his body. It is indeed due to the limitless

compassion of Shridevi that I was fortunate to have as my Guru Brahmasri

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K. P. Shankara Shastrigal, younger brother of Shri Narayana Shastrigal,an equally brilliant scholar and an equally accomplished ShrividyaUpasaka. It is recorded that one afternoon, after performing Nirajana to

Shridevi, Narayana Shastrigal burst into a hymn and a disciple noted itdown. The then Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal of Shringeri read the hymn and

declared that it was indeed Shridevi who had spoken through Shastrigal.The following hymn, which is a composition of Brahmasri Narayana Shastrigal,

has been reproduced over the ages in various books like the ShrividyaRatnakara of Karapatri Swamin, Saubhagya Ratnakara Valli of Purnananda,Shrividya Saparya of Dattatreyanandanatha, by various Guhananda Mandali

books and many books dealing with Shrichakra Pooja and Devi Stotras inSanskrit, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam. One may

estimate the greatness of this hymn by simply considering the fact thatthis hymn was included in their Saparya Paddhatis by great men like

Chidanandanatha and Karapatri Swamin. It is unfortunate however thatnone of these publications have given any credit to the author of thissupremely beautiful hymn by at least mentioning his name.

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Encoded, proofread, and text introduction byHarsha Ramamurthy harsha [email protected]

Please send corrections to [email protected] updated July 6, 2004

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