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Dear Bhagavatas,

As a part of the project "Venkatanatha´s significance for the school 
of Ramanuja"  (See the project description below), Prof. Marion 
Rastelli plans to translate the Pancaratraraksa.  At this time, a 
publication date for the translation has not been determined.  The 
translation will be in German.   Prof. Marion Rastelli has done 
extensive research on the Pancaratra Agama.

Regards,

granthapustaka


  http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/abstracts/abstract.asp?L=E&PROJ=P15409

   
Project number   Stand-alone Projects P15409  
Title   Venkatanatha´s significance for the school of Ramanuja 
Principal investigator   Gerhard OBERHAMMER 
Approval date   26.11.2001 
University / Research institution   Institut für Kultur- und 
Geistesgeschichte Asiens, Österreichische Akademie der 
Wissenschaften 
Scientific field(s)    
Keywords   VISISTADVAITA-VEDANTA; INDISCHE RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE; 
PANCARATRA; VENKATANATHA; INTERRELIGIÖSE KOMMUNIKATION 


Venkatanatha or Vedantadesika, traditionally dated 1270-1369, is one 
of the most important representatives of the South-Indian school of 
Ramanuja. He systematized the tradition's teachings and laid down 
the doctrines which are authoritative for the Vatakalai, the 
tradition's northern, Sanskrit orientated sub-sect, whose 
development he effected. He wrote more than a hundred works in the 
three languages Sanskrit, Tamil and Manipravala including theology, 
philosophy, dramas, and poetry.
Despite Venkatanatha's great significance, only a few of his works 
have been translated or examined. The project's aim is to translate 
and investigate texts of Venkatanatha that deal with his theological 
teachings on the one hand, and with his view of the religious ritual 
on the other, and thus to contribute to the history of the school of 
Ramanuja.
The research into Venkatanatha's theology will start with the third 
chapter of the Nyaya-siddhanjana, which deals with the nature of God 
and discusses the relevant teachings in contrast to those of his 
opponents who belong to other Vedanta traditions. The expositions of 
the Nyaya-siddhanjana will be supplemented with the corresponding 
chapters of the Sarvarthasiddhi and the Satadusani, which also 
include teachings about the Absolute and its nature, and also with 
relevant statements from other texts, and thus Venkatanatha's 
theological teachings will be illustrated and exemplified.
With regard to the religious ritual of the followers of the school 
of Ramanuja, which is molded by the tradition of Pancaratra, a 
translation and examination of the Pancaratraraksa is planned. This 
text deals first with the proof of the Pancaratra's validity. Then 
it shows that the performance of the religious rites during the 
day's five periods of time (pancakalavidhi), which consist of 
approaching [God] (abhigamana), appropriating [the materials used 
for worship] (upadana), worship (ijya), studying (svadhyaya), and 
yoga, and which structures the whole day, is obligatory for every 
follower of the Pancaratra. Finally, the performance of the 
religious rites during the day's five periods of time is described 
by means of numerous quotations from Pancaratra and Smriti works.
The translations of the texts mentioned, and the research on the 
teachings dealt with in them in the context of the history of the 
school of Ramanuja, are planned to be published in form of 
monographs.







Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
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