Sorry for one misinformation: Shri Pillai lokachariar swamy has mentioned that the smrithis explain the karma kandam and the ithihasas (BOTH ramayana and mahabharata) explain the brahma kandam. Sarva aparadhaan kshamasva! Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, Lakshmi Narasimhan --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Lakshmi Narasimhan" <nrusimhan@xxxx> wrote: > Srimathe RAmanujaya Namaha > > In Maamunigal's vyakyanam for this suthram, the following has been > mentioned: > The shruti gives the primary pramanas for the upasana(karma kandam), > upaya(brahma kandam) theories. But, this could be well understood for > a brahmin and those who has the access to these and who could > understand these. And hence, lokacharyar has taken up the ithihasa- > puranas and has explained the same. He takes up the ithihasas i.e the > Ramayana and Mahabharatha and goes ahead proving that in Ramayana, > the imprisonment of the Sita by ravana explains the gist of the karma > kandam and in mahabharata, the very act of Krishna as a messenger > explains the brahma kandam. > > I know I tried to oversimplify what has been told in the above > paragraph, but one should note that ramayana is BOTH a factual > historical document AND(as opposed to 'OR') a literary device for > expounding Vedantic Truths. > > MY apologies for any mistakes/misinformation. > > Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jamataram Munim > > Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, > Lakshmi Narasimhan > > --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <purohit@xxxx> wrote: > > Adiyen prapannnas > > > > My quandry is whether we should treat the Ramayna as a factual > historical > > document, relating incidents which occured in earthly time, space > and > > causation or as a literary device for expounding Vedantic Truths. > > > > "Itahasa puranabhyam vedam upabrahmayet" say Pillai Lokacarya in > SVB quoting > > a well known verse - "the purpose of the Itihasa and Puranas is to > expound > > the teaching of the Veda". > > > > Any views on this matter? > > > > Adiyen > > > > Sri Rama
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