11.

Shree Bhaskararayas sthree santhathi vamshavali

Shree Bhaskaraya (moola purusha)

Savai Panduranga

AmbikanathaDev

1.Mathuranandanatha 3.VitthalaDev

2.GopalaDev

VishwanathaDev

RaghunahtaDev

1.BaapuDev-RukminiBai

2.GopalaDev

VitthalaDev (Dattuputhra from Humanabad)

1.VamanaDev

2.KrishnaDev

3.SambaDev

BapuDev

GanapathiDev

1.RaghunathaDev

2.AnandaDev

3.VasuDev

BhaskaraDev

1.PrabhakarDev

2.PadmakarDev

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10.Bhaskararayas Grantha Rachananaavali Umanandanatha the direct disciple of Bhaskararaya, having vyavahara nama as JagannathaPanditha of Vishwamithra Gothra has written Bhaskaravilasa Kavyam which gives the detailed life history of his Guru. Shlokas from 42 to 69 of the above kavya give the details of books authored by his Guru Sri Bhaskararaya. His exhaustive works on Srividya which are famous as Prasthana thraya are Varivasya Rahasya, Saubhagya Bhaskara*(commentary on Lalithasahasranama) and Sethubandha.(*There is an interesting instance at Chousatti Ghat while writing this book in Varanasi which is explained in some other chapter)

His creations on Vedantha are Chandabhaskara, Neelakalakapetika. On Mimamsa or Vadakauthuhala, Bhatta chandradaya. Rasikaranjani which a commentary on Madhya siddhanta kaumudi on vyakarana shasthra. He has written chandobhaskara, chandahkausthubha on gadya at his early age of 11 years only. The other books on gadya at his credit are Vrittachandrodaya, Vaarthikaraja and

Mruthasanjivini. His kavya creations are chandrashala , madhuramala and bhaskara subhashitha. On smrithi he has written smrithithatva, sahasra bhojana kandathika, shankhachakrankana prayaschitta , ekaadashi nirnaya, pradosha nirnaya , trichabhaskara and kundabhaskara. The stotras penned by him are Sivastava, Devistava, Shivadandaka, Shivastotra shathanamastotra vyaakhya. The most valuable creations on mantra shastra are listed below:1 Khadyotha commentary on Ganapathi sahasranama 2 Chandralamba Mahatmyathika 3 Nathanavaratnamala manjoosha 4 Bhavanopanishath Bhashya 5 Shree suktha Bhashya 6 Kaulopanishath Bhashya 7 Thripuropanishath Bhashya 8 Saubhagya chandrodaya 9 Thripurasundari Baahya Varivasya 10 Ratnaloka commentary on Parashuramakalpasuthra 11 Gupthavathi commentary on Durgasapthashathi 12 Shathashloki 13 Malamanthroddhara On vedic subject he has written vydikakosha which is a short glossary on vedic words. The other miscellaneous works (unpublished) are as follows:1 Avadhootha geetha vyakhya 2 Ashtavakra geetha vakra vyakhya 3 Atmabodha vyakhya 4 Amnayapaddhathi 5 Eshwara Geetha Vyakhya 6 uttara varivasya 7 kaathakopanishath Bhashya 8 Kenopanishath tika 9 Taitiryopanishad tika 10 Jabalopanishad bhashya ----------------------------------------------End of Grantha Rachan Namavali-------------------9.Bhaskara Rayas Grantha prakashana namavalivali (a list showing names of books published so far) Lalitha Sahasranama with Saubhagya Bhakara(original sanskrit text)-By Nirnaya sagara press Bombay 1914/1935 Lalitha Sahasranama with Saubhagya Bhakara(with English translation)-By R.Krishana Shastry. Lalitha Sahasranama with Saubhagya Bhakara(hindi translation)-By Sri Bharat Bhushan-Chowkhamba Sanskrit prathisthan Delhi 1999 Lalitha Sahasranama with Saubhagya Bhakara(telugu translation)-By Barooru Thyagaraya Shastry 1900. Varivasya Rahasya (with a English translation)-By S.Subrahmanya Shastry-Adyar library Chenni 1934/2000.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. Varivasya Rahasya(hindi translation) - By Vishwanatha pandeya-Varanaseya Sanskrit sansthana Varanasi 1983. 7. Varivasya Rahasya(kannada translation) - By Mysore printing and publishing house on the authority of Mysore Maharaja. 8. Varivasya Rahasya(telugu translation) - At Hyderabad in 1994. 9. Sethubandha By Hari Narayana Apte Ananda Ashrama press Pune-1908. 10. Gupthavathi Teeka on Durga Sapthashathi - By Sri Venkateshwara press 1989. 11. Bhavanopanishit (original text)in Tantrik Texts vol 11 By Arthur Avalon in 1922. 12. Bhavanopanishit (English translation) Sri S.K.Ramachandra Rao Bangalore. 13. Khadyodha Comentry on Ganesha Sahasranama By Nirnaya sagar press Bombay. 14. Koulopanishit Bhasya in Tantrik Texts vol 11 Arthur Avalon 1922. 15. Tripura Mahopanishad Bhasya in Tantrik Texts vol 11 Arthur Avalon 1922. 16. Trchabhaskara R.G.Sathe Oriental institute Baroda 1982. 17. Natha Navaratna Mala By Peetambara Peetha Dathiya.-1984 18. Madhuramlasubhashitha By Oriental Though series Nasik 1955. 19. Shivadandakastrotra Vani Vilas press Madras. 20. Shivanamakalpalathalavala By Mysore oriental series and by Gujarathi printing press, Bombay also. 21. Shivastakam - By Mysore oriental series. ------------------------------End of Bhaskara Rayas Grantha Prakashana namavali--------------8.Shree Bhaskararaya shishya paramparagatha namavali The parampara starts right from Sri Adinathanandanatha and the tradition goes through Sri Adishankaracharya. thereafter the Guru-shishya parampara continues including Sri Vidyaranya swamiji after hundreds of names. From Sri Vidyaranya , Sri Anandanatha is 41st descendent. His (Sri Anandanatha ) shishya is Sri Prakashanandanatha of Surat nagar and Sri Prakashanandanatha has initiated Sri Bhaskararaya with Deekshanama Bhasuranandanatha Sri Bhaskararaya had several disciples including Sri Umanandanatha (Sri Jagannatha shukla of Tanjore) who author of Nithyotsava, Bhaskaravilasa and several books. One more dearest disciple is Koundinya gothraja sreekala dikshitasya putra Sri Ganesha Dixit of Balki town , dist: bidar , Karnataka from whom our shishyaparampara is continued and the order upto my father Sri ShankarBhat Nagarkatti who has initiated me in this tradition as follows-. 1. Sri Mishramba sahitha Sri Anandanandanatha 2. Sri Sundaryamba sahitha Sri Prakashanandanatha 3. Sri Padmavathyamba sahitha Sri Bhasuranandanatha our parathpara Guru (Sri Bhaskararaya) 4. Sri Krishnamba sahitha Sri Umapathyanandanatha Balki 5. Sri Gangamba sahitha Sri Shukanandanatha }___Author of Guru Parampara. 6. Sri Jayanthyamba sahitha Deshikanandanatha}

7. Sri Gangamba sahitha Sri Yagneshwaranandanatha 8. Sri Chandralamba sahitha Dheeranandanatha my parameshti guru Sri Vitthala Dev Narayanpet, Dist:- Mahaboobnagar, A.P.

9. Sri Suvarnamba sahitha Sri Chakranandanatha- my parama guru and grand son of Sri Vitthala Dev (sl.no.8 above)

10. Sri Leelavathyamba sahitha Sri Subhaganandanatha- my sri guru and my father

Late Sri Raghunatha Rao .G.Sathe of Baroda was also follower of Sri Bhaskara Raya parampara.

------------------------End of Sri Bhaskararaya shishyaparamparagatha namavali-----------7.Vishesha sthala namavali 1. Bijapur :- It is district place in northern region of Karnataka where Sri Bhaskararayas parents lived. The place has historical importance with Adil Shahi monuments of world famous structures. 2. Kashipattanam (Varanasi):- The place where Sri Bhaskararaya wrote Saubhagyabhaskara and wondered about Chatusshashti koti Yogini darshanas at Chousatti Ghat.also he wrote Khadyota-comentary on Ganesha

sahasranaama at Trilochana Ghat 3. Lokapalli:- A village near Narayanpet (about 3 kms away). Here Sri Bhaskaraya learnt 18 vidyas from his Guru Sri Narsimhadori.

Venugopal templeAanebhaav 4. Narayanpet:- It is in Mahboobnagar district of A.P, 40kms from its railway lokapalli i-Lokapalli station, Narayanpet road on Bombay-Madras line between Raichur and Gulbarga stations. Here Sri Bhaskararayas daughter was living in Dev family after her marriage. Dev family at 8th descendent from her is still living here

and some shifted to Hydrabad on employment. Here samadhi of Sri Vitthala Dev (Sri Dheeranandanatha ) is available. In this samadhi, during 1971, padukas of Sri Bhaskararaya have been made sthapana. My Sriguru and father Sri Subhaganandanatha lived here.

Surat:- It is in Gujarath where Sri Prakashanandanatha (Shivadatta shukla) who has initiated Sri Bhaskararaya Poornabhishiktha with dikshanama Sri Bhasuranandanatha. 5. Bhaskararayapuram:- It an Agrahara (a place where a group of Brahmins lived) gifted by king of Tanjore to Sri Bhaskararaya. Srirayas wife Padmavathi constructed Parvathi temple named as Anandavalli. Shiva Linga in the name of Bhaskareshwara is also made sthapana. Kumbabhishekam was held in 1979 under the guidance of Kanchi Shankaracharya. This village is between Kumbhakonam and mailadutturai. A private bus by name Green runs on this line.

6. Thiruvadai maradur:- In olden days, this town was called as Madhuarjuna. Here a very big temple with very big Shiva Linga of 2000 years old is seen. A road connecting to this temple is called Mahadana rasta. Just half kilometer away from this temple on the above Mahadana road, a residence called Bhaskara Nilayam is seen where SriRaya spent his oldage. In the above temple a big statue of Sri Bhaskararaya, a big Sri Chakra (golden) are also seen.

7. Sannathi:- This is a village in Gulbarga district of northern Karnataka near Nalwar railway station on Bombay-madras line between Raichur and Gulbarga stations. Here Sri Chandralaparameshwari devasthanam in Sri Chakrakara is seen which is constructed by Sri Bhaskararaya.

8. Bhalki:- This is a taluka place of Bidar district of north Karnataka. Sri Umapathyanandanatha , the direct disciple of Sri Bhaskararaya is from this place. This place was visited by Sri Bhaskararaya frequently. Samaadhi of Sri Umaapatyaanandanatha is seen here.

Moolimadu:- This is now known as Moolamalla, a village in Atmakur taluk of Mahaboobnagar district, A.P(11kms from Atmakur by bus). This on the bank of river Krishna (in Bhaskaravilasam this place is written as Moolahruda). Sri Vitthala temple being kuladevatha of Sri Bhaskararaya, is built by him as evident from the shloka written on the frame of the door of the temple.

9. Vasmath:- A town near Bhalki of Bidar district where the tradition of Sri Umapathyanandanatha is still continued and a mutt called Sri Shukananda mutt is now seen. The present adhikari Sri Chintamani siddha Maharaj is continuing the tradition. -------------------------------End of Vishesha sthala namavali-------------------------------6.Sri Bhaskararaya Jeevanacharithre vishesha ghatanavali 1. Chathushshasti Koti Yogini:- As per introduction given by Sri panashikar vasudev Sharma to Nirnaya sagars Sri Lalitha sahasranama bhashya, there is an interesting incidence in Kashi while writing Saubhagyabhaskara as follows. The learned people of kashi had decided to condemn the tradition followed Sri Bhaskararaya and met him under the leadership of Sri Narayana Bhatta. Sri Bhaskararaya welcomed and arranged for the argument. Sri Bhaskararaya replied to all the queries raised by them. Finally they felt that they can defeat him only with the questions on mantra shastra which Sri Bhaskararaya replied since he had learnt the shastra very well. As the team had come with the intention to defeat him, they asked to furnish a list of 64 crores of Yoginis names and their details which Sri Bhaskararaya accepted the challenge and requested to assemble on the bank of Ganga river at chaoushashti ghat in the evening. Sri Bhaskararaya sat on dhyana mudra and asked the learned people to note down the names and details. It was found that all the two hundred people were writing different names and their details. One Sri Kumkumadi Saraswathi a learned sanyasi saw this and finally found that Sri Devi herself was speaking through Sri Bhaskararaya and therefore asked Narayan Bhatta to stop it and accept. Sri Narayana Bhatta who has not readily accepted and wanted full proof , therefore the sanyasin took some water from the basin where Sri Devi had been bathed by Sri Bhaskararaya and anointed the eyes of Narayana Bhatta with it. His eyes were at once regaled with the wonderful vision of Sri Devi sitting on the shoulders of Sri Bhaskararaya and speaking through his mouth. Sri Bhatta realized rightly

realized and joined the tradition of Raya. The choushashti ghat is still available at Kashi. 2. Vepattur sanyasin:- Sri Bhaskararaya spent his old age at Madhyarjuna kshetra which is now known as Thirvadai maradur near Kumbhakonam in his house BhaskaraNilaya on Mahadana street. During evening hours Sri Bhaskararaya used to sit in varanda in front of his house with easing his leg to the pole in front of it and teach his shishyas. At that time a sanyasin Vepattur used to pass through Rayas house to visit Mahalingeshwar temple. Sri Bhaskararaya could not see nor bow to sanyasi as respect. The sanyasi raised the objection at the time of pradosha pooja in Mahalingeshwara temple for which Sri Bhaskararaya replied suitably and asked him to keep his handstick away from him and bowed to it. The stick broke away into pieces. As Sri Bhaskararaya aquired sodhanyasa need not to bow to any body. However to maintain the dignity of sanyasavarga Sri Bhaskararaya avoided such scenes by going inside his house.

3. An incidence with Chandra Sen Jadhav:- He was a senapathi in maharashtra kingdom. Due to some political reasons with Maratha maharaja he had to leave the kingdom along with some powerful sardars and Nizam kingdom who gave a place called Bhalki. During those days Sri Chandra Sen had contact with a muslim faquir who subsequently made chandrasen as insane since he had not accepted to get converted to muslim religion. Fortunately Sri Bhaskararaya had come to Bhalki on yathra and heard the incidence through wife of sri chandrasena. Sri Bhaskararaya prayed arranged for of Bhagavathi Dandanayika through Brahmins which cured Sri chandrasena. which resulted the run away of faquir and all his evil effects. 4. Soorya Upasana at Moolimadu:- The queen of Chandra sena Maharaja enquired one Sri Narayana Maharaj, a great sadhak and disciple of Sri Bhaskararaya as to whether she may get male child or female as she was pregnant at that time. Sri Narayana Maharaj predicted a female child. On a later day Sri Bhaskararaya also came there and the queen asked Raya the same question since she was not happy with the prediction of a female child. Sri Bhaskararaya predicted that she may get a male child. The queen immediately pointed out the controversial predictions. Sri Bhaskararaya got annoyed and said the prediction given by Narayana Maharaj cannot go wrong since he was a siddha purusha and his own disciple as well nor his(Rayas) prediction. Thereby she got a very unhealthy weak child without any physical/mental progress. Again after some years Sri Bhaskararaya once again visited the place and Chandra Sena Maharaja requested him to cure his child since he was the only son. Therefore he meditated upon Soorya Bhagavan near the bank of the river Krishna to cure the child. During the stay there Sri Bhaskararaya had to come to the bank of the river for dail Arghya Pradana and his disciples pointed out this difficulty and enquired for the

remedy. Sri Bhaskararaya told for fun why dont we ask river Krishna to turn towards their place to perform Arghya Pradana without making such avoidable travel. The disciples surprised to hear and said his guru is capable of doing anything. And this act was also possible for him. And Sri Bhaskararaya did it by praying Krishna. Therefore the place is called Moolimadu which means turning point of water flow in Kannada. The place is now called Moolamalla with similar meaning in Telugu as this place is now in Andhra Pradesh. In Bhaskaravilasam, the place is called Moolahruda. ----------------------Not the end of vishesha ghatanavali-since there may be many many other instances which are not known to us but known to many others who may add to this list to update------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5.Digvijaya yatra After getting Poorna diksha from Sri Shivadatta Shukla, Sri returned to Bijapur. After staying for some time there, he left for Dharmik deeds and yatra along with his learned disciples. It is note worthy that during yatra also there were discussions on shastras and writing of books simultaneously. He, being Agnihotri during journey also Isti and Yag were performed. To protect Indian samskara he struggled day and night and thought of ways and means for that purpose. He has initiated all the eligible disciples into upasana marg. He has publicized the siddhantas of Adi Shankaracharya and had discussions with several opposite parties and won every where. During his journey in southern part of India Acharya sathyashram of Madhwa peeth had challenged on Sri Bhaskararayas math. Sri Bhaskararaya had successfully won the challenge and got married with his (Acharya sathyashram) brothers daughter. Sri Bhaskararaya once again returned Bijapur and lived with his father sometime. Again he started the journey, performed yagnas, constructed temples, arranged discourse of great vidwans, traveled on the banks of Krishna and Kaveri, presented lands to Brahmins for their daily life. During this yatra, king of tanjore presented a village which is named as Bhaskara raya puram and Rayas wife installed Bhaskareswara and Devi there. Meanwhile Sri Raua received a message that his mother expired. Therefore he returned to his native and completed all the rituals. After some time his father also expired. Thereafter Sri Bhaskararaya visited Rameshwaram, MathuraMeenakshi, Ananthashayana and reached Shringeri. There he met Sharada peeth swamiji Sri Purushottham bharathi and discussed his plans which were duly approved by swamiji. He got presented Chatra, Chamara, Rajachinha etc. But Sri Bhaskararaya accepted only essential things. He toured south Karnataka, Gokarna and Mahabaleshwar and reached Kolhapur where he performed Pooja to Mahalakshmi. He received honors gifts etc from the kings during the above tour. He visited triambakeswar, Sapthashrungi and other temples in his yatra and arrived to surat where he honored his guru (Sri Shivadutta shukla), gurupatni and gurukanya with vastras and dakshina. He performed pooja at Somanath temple and then left for Kashmir. He interacted with kashmiri vidwans. He visited Omkareshwar temple, Haridwar, Pancha prayag, Gangothri etc.he continued his journey for pashupathi darshan in Nepal where

the king with all learned Pandits welcomed him. On return, he visited Ayodhya, Mathura, Kashi, Gaya etc and finally reached Gautam Ashram and then Kamakhya peeth where black magic was being performed and therefore were afraid of the place. But Sri Bhaskararaya was welcomed by those people also and he performed pooja at kamakhya temple. Then he visited Nagpur, Marathwada Jyothirling, Nagnath, Parli- vaidyanath and lastly Thulaja bhavani at Thulajapur. As his ancestors were devotees of pandarpur vitthala, he went there, performed pooja and wrote Pandurangashtaka. He also went to sannathi kshetra in Karnataka where he constructed Sri Chandralaparameshwari temple in Sri Chakrakara, being his kuladevatha. He also arranged through the administrator of the place for daily pooja and Agrahara for the Brahmins. He also wrote chandralashtaka here. --------------------------------------------End of Digvijaya--------------------------------------4.Sri Bhaskararayas Janma and Vidyabhyasa

Just as Sri Umanandanatha (Sri Jagannatha shukla), the direct disciple of Sri Bhaskararaya has rightly wrote in his beginning verses of Bhaskaravilasam- a kavya describing the whole life history of his guru(Sri Bhaskararaya) as in above shloka. I also with mandathama pragna, not at all capable of explaining the greatness of my Paratpara Guru. But only with the grace of my Sri Guru Subhaganandanatha, I hereby try to present the life history of my Paratpara Guru to my level best as follows:Sri Bhaskararayas vamshavali:- The moolapurusha of Sri Bhaskararayas vamsha is Vishwamitra gothreeya Sri Ekanatha his son Sri Yamaji Pandita (Panditas wife smt Chandralamba). Sri Gambhiraraya (son of sri yamaji pandita) and his wife Smt Konambika are sthe parents of Sri Bhaskararaya. Parents of Sri Bhaskararaya:- Even though Sri Gambhiraraya was follower of Bhagavatha sampradaya, his wife (Sri Bhaskararayas mother) got initiation on Agamashastra through Sri Narayana Pandita which has contributed for uplift in Agamashastra to Sri Bhaskararaya. Sri Gambhiraraya was a minister in Bijapur Adilshahi Darbar, now in north Karnataka. As desired his king, he translated the whole Mahabharatha into PHARSI. The king honored him with the title BHARATHI which is mentioned in Bhaskaravilasam also(5th sloka below).

The first son (Sri Narayana) of Sri Gambhiraraya was not so intelligent as compared to his fathers knowledge. Therefore, Smt Konambika prayed to Soorya Bhagavan to get another intelligent son as great as her husband. Accordingly she got a very intelligent personality as a son during 1675(Christian era) in Krittika nakshatra 4th pada in vyshakha masa, shukla paksha thritiya when soorya, Chandra, budha, guru and shukra were in their exaltation point.at bhagyanagara, now in Hyderabad, AP. Sri Gambhiraraya initiated Sri Bhaskararaya into worship of Saraswathi when he was a mere boy. Sri Bhaskaraya, a boy of seven years age was able to chant the Sabeshwara stotra in Kashi which made the pandits excited and forced to perform Upanayana. Sri Narasimha Dori, a great teacher and sadhaka of Lokapalli(Narayanpet) samsthana had an occasion to visit Sri Rayas house on the way to Shringere. Sri Dori was exited the intelligence of the boy and asked his parents to send him for adhyana in his gurukula at Lokapalli. The parents with due respect sent their son for study where he was taught 18 vidyas. After mastering those vidyas, Sri Raya learnt gowdataraka under Sri Gangadhara vajapeyin who setteled in Thiruvalankadu on the southern bank of kaveri(therefore Sri Raya also chose Bhaskararayapuram for his stay which is on the northern bank of kaveri). Sri Raya was taught chandas and alankarashastra by Sri Rukmanapandit. He completed all the above education at his age of 16 years. He got married with Anandi at the age of 18. His father was very much interested to bring him into ministership in Adilshahis kingdom. But Sri Raya was not at all prepared to enter and was busy in studying shastras, do yatras, granthalekhana, doing religious functions, etc. finally on the advice of his vidya guru Sri Narasimha Dori, went ti Surat to get Poornabhishekha on Upasana maarga. ----------------------------End of Sri Bhaskararayas janma and vidyabhyasa---------------------

3.Bhaskararayas Poornabhishekham Sri Narasimha Dori who taught 18 vidyas, also made him to enter into Sri Vidya. However, Sri raya assumed diksha from Sri Shivadatta Shukla of Surat with dikshanama Bhasuranandanatha. While on tour in Paithan town, several pandits had suggested Sri

shuklas name for further study on Sri Vidya, who was a great upasaka of Sri Shankaracharyas Upasana marga. Therefore he decided to go to Surat for Diksha. He chose to meet Sri Shukla as a simple Brahman. He took the job of cleaning vessels and other utensils for pooja, cleaning the house etc. At that time, so called vidwans of vallabha sampradaya came there and challenged the Advaita marg. The followers of Advaita marg met Sri shukla who was very old to move out of his house. There was no alternative in the minds of those followers to meet the challenge with vallabha sampradayins. Sri Raya understood the situation and requested Sri Shukla to permit him to lead the group for discussions. Sri Shukla rightly judged the capacity of the boy and permitted him. As already anticipated by Sri Shuklaji,Sri raya won in the challenge and brought the Vijay Pataka at the feet of Sri Shuklaji. He was very happy to see him and immediately decided to give Poornabhishekha to Sri Raya. Sri Shivadatta Shuklas dikshanama is Sri Prakashanandanatha. Sri Rayas wife also got dikshanama as Padmavathyamba. Both of them presented a very valuable vasthralankara, dakshina etc to their guru Sri Shukla, gurupatni and their daughter and worshipped. In this way Sri Raya got Poornadiksha and left to bijapur to stay with his father. ------------------End of the chapter on Bhaskararayas poornadiksha----------------------------2.Introduction Adi Shankaracharya once desired to write commentary on Sri Lalitha Sahasranama and told one of his disciples to bring the book (Lalitha Sahasranama) for reference from library. The disciple could not find the book at all but at the same time a small girl came forward and gave Sri Vishnu Sahasranama to him to handover to Shankaracharya. The disciple was once again sent to search the book and samething repeated twice. Finally, Sri Shabkaracharya realized through his Divya drishti that the girl was none other than Sri Devi and convinced that the job of writing commentary on Vishnu Sahasranama is reserved for him only which was very much required during those days. It is also presumed that this commentary was necessary to show that he is also a worshipper of Vishnu in addition to Shiva and Sri Devi. It was also made known through divya drishti to Shandaracharya that the Bhashya on Sri Lalitha Sahasranama to one more mahapurusha in future who is the hero of this book- Sri Bhaskararaya. The life history of Sri Raya has been recorded in very few literatures of his disciples. Sri Umanandanatha (Sri Jagannatha Pandita) of Tanjore, has explained in his kavya named Bhaskaravilasa about the life and literary of Sri Raya. He is the author of Nithyotsava also. The another source is from Sri Guru Parampara written by Pandit Ramakrishna Somayaji. This book has been translated into Marathi by MahajanSahitya Prakashan, Nandede during 1978-79. Now the same book is being translated into hindi by Dr.Prabhakar Sadashiv Pandit- son-in-law of sri Batukanathshastry Khistey of Varanasi. Sri Batukanathshastry has done lot of work to publish the books of Sri Raya including a recent work in 1993 under the name Bhaskararaya Bharati Dikshita vyaktitva Evam Krititva, published by Sampurnanada samskrita vidyalay, Varanasi. His article on Sri Rayas jeevana charitre can also be seen in kalyan magazine of feb 1987, a special supplementary edition on shakti upasana. His father Sri Narayanashastry also contributed in writing introduction to Nirnaya sagars Lalitha Sahasranama with Saubhagyabhaskara Bhashya giving details of Bhaskararayas life. Both of them were initiated diksha by Sri

Raghunathshastry Godbole, Mumbai who has done tremendous work in publicizing Sri Rayas tradition brought through Vasmath shishya parampara originated from Sri Umapathyanandanatha, direct disciple of Sri Raya. Majority works of Sri Raya have been preserved in Saraswathi Pustakalaya, Varanasi. Sri Rayas tradition is being still continuing through Umanandanatha, another direct disciple of Sri Raya with sadhakas like R. Krishnaswamy shastry-Tanjore whose maternal grandfathers grandfather was one of the direct disciples of Umanandanatha. ------------------------------------------End of Introduction--------------------------------------1. Shree Gurubhyo Namah

Dear viewers, First, let us Pranam to Gurupadukas of Sri Bhasuranandanatha, the main subject person of this site which is seen above first from left, the next ( in the middle) is of Sri Dheeranandanatha- my parameshti guru and the next (right side of the above picture) Sri Chakranandanatha who is my paramaguru. The world knows about so many Sahasranamas of different Gods and Goddesses. The much chanted is Lalitha Sahasranama. Very few know how many vowels and letters have been used as beginning letter in it. How many names are there beginning with each of that letter in this Sahasranama. Information of such little importance but still unique to the extent of explaining each nama on different angles of philosophical, ethical and many more aspects can be seen only in the commentry (bhashya) on the Sahasranama authored by none other than Sri Bhaskararaya (deeksha nama- Sri Bhasuranandanatha) titled as Saubhagyabhaskara, the richest literature in this field. I am very happy to exhibit the details of such great great Guru to this unique world of communication. His greatness is still felt even during these recent days on several occasions and one example of that is of the above shown Guru padukas how they are installed. During November 1970 two disciples of Sri Raghunath Shastry Godbole from Bombay who was also follower of Sri Rayas tradition came to Narayanpet in search of above samadhi of Sri Dheeranandanatha which they could trace only after 8 days of their journey to make sthapana of padukas of Sri Raya as available with Sri P.B.Dev, son of Sri Chakranandanatha. Those two strangers met my father Sri Subhaganandanatha, who with the help of Prakashanandanatha and Gnananandanaatha (all the three are the disciples of Sri Chakranandanatha.) arranged the sthapana of padukas. The strangers explained the circumstances under which they were made tocome is very much interesting. They are of Gujarat Brahmins and named as Jaswanth Rao and Keshavpradhan of mumbai. One of them lost every thing from their house by thieves when they were away from their house. On that faitful night he received a command in his dream that he has to make sthapana of his paratpara guru Sri Bhasuranandanatha at Narayanpet where samadhi of Sri Dheeranandanatha already exists and he was assured

of return of all his belongings lost on that day. On the very next day he found all the lost things in front of his house safely to his surprise. I had also an occation to meet Sri Vinod Khistey s/o Sri Batukanatha Khistey of varanasi who is also the follower of Sri Rayas tradition and author of Sri Rayas several literature.

I feel that there are still several followers of Sri Rayas tradition and there are many more informations available with several others. My appeal to them is to mail all those details to me at anilkumarnagarkatti@rediffmail.com. Or by post Anilkumar, No 47, 4th main, Girinagr 1st Phase, Bangalore 560085 to update the collection . 18-09-2001 Bangalore, Karnataka. yours sincerely Anilkumar

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