References on Narasimha Sampradaya

[Nityanand Misra]

Dear list

The Hindu Dharma Kosha, a Hindi book by Ramdas Gaur, has a section on Narasimha Sampradaya. Klaus K. Klostermaier in his Survey of Hinduism (2010, SUNY Press, ISBN 9780791480113, p. 307) also refers to this section by Gaur. 

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=8CVviRghVtIC&pg=PA307

The book by Gaur has only a snippet view availbale on Google Books (https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mbYoAAAAYAAJ). I would be obliged if anybody can help with references on Narasimha Sampradaya or the section on it by Gaur in his book.

Thanks, Nityananda

[shankara]

Misraji,

Hindutva by Ramdas Gaur is available at http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/347397

The entry on Narasimha Sampradaya is on page 733.

FYI - There is an article on Narasimha cult by DC Sircar in Satkari Mookerji Felicitation volume, pages 42-44. This volume is  available online at http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/408016

 

regards
shankara

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[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

I'm not able to open the links to the DLI archives for the book by Ramadas Gaur and the article by DC Sircar (the gateway connection always times out). 

It seems to me that a passing mention to a Narasimha Sampradaya could actually be a reference to the Datta Sampradaya in Maharashtra and Karnataka, where the name of a 14th-15th century guru named Narasimha Sarasvati of Ganagapura stands tall.

The Srigurucaritra of Gangadhara Sarasvati, written originally in Marathi, and translated to Sanskrit in the late 19th century, is an account of his life, which is often recited by adherents of the Datta sampradaya. 

Best regards,

Vidyasankar

[Madhav Deshpande]

There is also a strong presence of Narasimha worship in Maharashtra centered in such popular places like Nira Narasinghpur, with a temple of Narasimha on the banks of the river Nīrā.  This Narasimha is the Kuladaivata of my family who comes from the nearby town of Tembhurni, close to Solapur in Maharashtra.

Madhav Deshpande

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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[Nagaraj Paturi]

The following book was used by my friend during his PhD work on Prahlada Yakshaganam:

History of cult of Narasimha Andhra Pradesh from ancient to modern period

by Dr Madabhushini Narasimhacharya.

The following page has a brief intro to the book.

http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/history-of-cult-of-narasimha-andhra-pradesh-from-ancient-to-modern-period-old-and-rare-book-NAG667/

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

 

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

 

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )

 

 

 

[Nagaraj Paturi]

This article has very good information.

[Nagaraj Paturi]

The Myths of Narasimha and Vamana: Two Avatars in Cosmological Perspective

By Deborah A. Soifer

[Nagaraj Paturi]

A Study Of Narasimha Cult In Sanskrit Literature

by 

K Venkata Krishna

Details at 

http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/109961

scroll down to get 16 pdf links covering the whole dissertation. 

[ajit.gargeshwari]

Please try the links Shankaraji has given its working fine as of now The gateway connections don't time out as DLI books are also on archives
Regards
Ajit Gargeshwari

On Thursday, 16 March 2017 00:33:22 UTC+5:30, Vidyasankar Sundaresan wrote:

I'm not able to open the links to the DLI archives for the book by Ramadas Gaur and the article by DC Sircar (the gateway connection always times out). 

Best regards,

Vidyasankar

[Nagaraj Paturi]

One interesting feature of the Narasimha Kshetras of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is almost all of them are on hills. Each of them has a name alternative to its famous name. This alternative name in almost all cases begins with the word Veda. Names are Vedaadri, Vedaachalam, Vedagiri etc. 

The famous Kshetra being developed on a grand scale by the present government of Telangana is known as Yaadagirigutta (Yadagirigutta). In fact, that is a rural pronunciation of Vedagirigutta only. Vedagiri +guTTa. guTTa =hill.  

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