Guest guest Report post Posted July 7, 1995 > Besides, amudhanaar says in the 33rd paasuram of 100thanthaathi > that sri raamaanujaa was the avathaaram of the five divine > weapons: Isn't Ramanuja considered an incarnation of Sesha (= Lakshmana = Rama + Anuja)? Infact I have heard the following legend about Ramanuja: Once Ramanuja was challenged to a debate by some followers of Buddhist/Jain(?) philosophy. For some reason (which I forget), it was stipulated that he should be able to simulatneously engage in debate with all those scholars. Ramanuja agreed on the condition that a curtain should separate him from the others so that neither could see the other side. The debate began, and Ramanuja was able to manage them all. One of the scholars couldn't hold back his curiosity at this feat and peeped beind the curtain and was shocked to see a multiheaded snake (Sesha) sitting there! - Ranga - Ranga Satagopan Cambridge Technology Partners Work : (617) 374-8630 rsata Home : (617) 935-3541 - "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, (yaaLi for Vaishnavas For you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 10, 1995 Ranga Satagopan writes: > > Besides, amudhanaar says in the 33rd paasuram of 100thanthaathi > > that sri raamaanujaa was the avathaaram of the five divine > > weapons: > > Isn't Ramanuja considered an incarnation of Sesha (= Lakshmana = > Rama + Anuja)? Infact I have heard the following legend about > Ramanuja: Yes, some traditional histories have Ramanuja as an incarnation of Adisesha. I think Amudhanaar symbolizes Ramanuja as a "defender of the faith" by making him an incarnation of the divya aayudhaani. The earliest biographies, though, do not mention Ramanuja as an incarnation of anyone. Neither Vedanta Desika nor Manavaala Maamunigal mention the Adisesha = Ramanuja equation in their poems in praise of Ramanuja, so it is likely that this story gained currency only later. Mani Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 12, 1995 [Forwarded message from sreekrishna] >Yes, some traditional histories have Ramanuja as an >incarnation of Adisesha. I think Amudhanaar symbolizes >Ramanuja as a "defender of the faith" by making him >an incarnation of the divya aayudhaani. Thus, we can conclude that the tradition holds that Ramanuja is both Adishsesha as well as incarnation of the divya aayushaani of Vishnu. We can probably rationalize it, if we think of Ramanuja as a representation of two in one like the Bala Rama, who is both Sheshamsha as well as Vishnu. Also Bala Rama coexisted with Krishna. Like wise we see Parashurama and Rama at the same time in Ramayana(when Rama breaks Shiva Dhanus, Parasurama appears at the scene to challange him). We also see a sort of Vishishtasvaita here: Rama-Parasurama Krishna-Balarama Divy aayudhas-Adishesha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
