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>To: jennifer
>From: jayabarathi
>Subject: Re: garuda/shesh
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>At 01:23 PM 3/22/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>Dear Dr. Jayabarathi,
>>
>>I have been looking into the garuda/shesh factor. I understand that
>>garuda is the vayana of Vishnu, and also that garuda is the arch-enemy
>>of snakes. I also understand that Vishnu is sometimes depicted as seated
>>on a serpent. Is there more to this, perhaps a story in one of the
>>religious texts?
>>
>
> Dear Jennifer,
>
> Garuda is a type of white-breasted falcon. It is
> of divine origin. According to Hindu Mythology, Garuda
> and the snakes are off-springs of the same father but different
> mothers. In his younger days, Garuda had to endure some injustice
> at the hands of the mother of snakes.
> The feats of Garuda are found in a small mythological
> text called Garuda Purana. He ultimately becomes the vahana
> of Vishnu. But he remains a sworn enemy of snakes.
> Sesha is a thousand-headed serpent of unqualified
> valour and strenght. He is the King of the Serpents and Lord
> of the Patala Loka or the "world beneath". He possesses immense
> knowledge. In fact, it was he is reputed have to have been
> the Grand-guru of Adhi Shankara himself. Sesha became the
> seat and the bed-stead of Vishnu. Thus Vishnu gets the name
> "Ananda Sayana" or Ananda Padma-nabha".Ananda is also a
> name for Sesha. One of the hills of Thirupathi, the holy pilgrimage
> centre for Vishnu is known as Sesha Giri.
> When Vishnu took the incarnation of Rama, Sesha
> followed him as his younger brother Lakshmana. When Vishnu
> was born as Krishna, Sesha became BalaRama-the elder brother
> of Krishna.
> Garuda is the State emblem of Indonesia and Thailand
> also holds Garuda as a very important symbol.
>
>
>>Also, does the garuda/shesh factor, combined with the mention of the
>>Krishna temple in Udipi, indicate that this ms is almost definitely from
>>the Madhva school?
>>
> This seems to be the strongest possibility.
>
>>Other questions:
>>
>>Our Bangalorean volunteers are sending our information to:
>>1) Kalpatharu Research Academy in Bangalore
>>2) Poornaprajna Samshodhana Mandiram in Bangalore
>>3) Sri Sringeri Sarada Peetham Math in Sringeri, Karnataka
>>4) The Madhva math in Udipi
>>Is this correct? I have not heard from anyone in a few days. Have you?
>
> I think they must be following up. Sometimes the
> delay may be at tracing the correct person and getting it
> to read or identifying the mss.
> I am also awaiting news. But there was a week-end
> in between.
>
>>
>>Did you send our friends in Bangalore a letter of reference or history?
>
> I forwarded your comprehensive excerpts to
> them. It very informative.
>
>>If so, would you forward a copy to me?
>>
>>I have also beamed the images, description and synopsis to Dr. Patrick
>>Harrigan at the Institute of Asian Studies, as they were unable to
>>download the high resolution color images from my web page.
>>
>>I know that the Agathiyar list is following our progress. Would it be
>>helpful if I posted the continuing comments from other contacts on the
>>list? I would be happy to do so.
>>
> Please do so. You are welcome.
>
>>Also, in a former message you indicated that you were translating some
>>of your articles into English. I would be much interested in reading
>>your work, if you don't mind forwarding these translations.
>
> I will certainly.
>>
>>Please continue to keep me posted, and I will update you as more unfolds
>>on this end.
>
> Will do.
>
> Regards
>
> Jayabarathi
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jennifer
>>
>>p.s. I am exploring a means of displaying the b + w folios on a web
>>page, along with translations matched to verse and line numbers. This
>>way our contacts can more easily download images and also view the
>>translated phrases in relation to their location in the text.
>>================================================

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