Originally Posted by
Viraja
Namaste Anirudh ji,
This type of thinking (of analyzing Shri Ram to be a mix of Vishnu and Shiva tattwas) is not really new.
i) Some people have opined that Sri Rama and Sri Krishna being poornavataras, must have been present even before their manifestation on this earth, and not really just as Sri Vishnu, but present in their own unique identity.
ii) If you analyze the name of Sri Rama, you can find that it is called the Thaaraka mantra and is a combination of Namasivaya mantra and the Om Namo Narayanaya maha mantra thereby representing the merger of Shiva and Narayana.
@Amrut bhai,
Just because Sri Shankara might be equating the status of Kamakshi with Sita or otherwise, it does not mean that all gods are the same. They might be equals, but not the 'same'. For example, in Kanakadhara stotram that Adi Shankara sings towards ma Lakshmi, he does not call her as 'Kamakshi'. Even in Sitashtottaram (not composed by Adi Shankara), Srimati Sita Devi is called as 'Visalakshi', which is another name for 'Kamakshi'. In Mahapashupatastra.blogspot.com, the author says Srimathi Sita Devi is essentially 'Lalitha Tripura Sundari' who is the same as Kamakshi. Thus arises the doubt that given only Sita devi is Kamakshi, what is the connection between Sri Rama and Sri Shiva.
Namaste Viraja di,
As I know, the tAraka mantra is OM and not RAma nAma or RAma mantra or any other combination. Author of Mahapashupatastra.blogspot.com also says the same, but my opinion of the independent of his, yet both are saying the same.
As I understand, all Gods are same. Maa Sita and Maa Parvati are two names of same omnipresent entity. To me both Sri RAma and Sri Siva are same entities appearing as different. Technically there is no difference between them.
One may worship another at one instance and vice versa. It is just to create faith and devotion in the devotees, nothing more.
KanadhAra stotram says
गीर्देवतेति गरुडध्वजसुन्दरीति
शाकम्भरीति शशिशेखरवल्लभेति ।
सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकेलिषु संस्थितायै
तस्यै नमस्त्रिभुवनैकगुरोस्तरुण्यै ॥ १०॥
We offer obeisance to the Goddess Mahalakshmi, the consort of Narayana, the preceptor of all the three worlds. She is variously known as Saraswati the Goddess of Learning, as Goddess Lakshmi, the Divine consort of Mahavishnu, as Shakambhari or as Parvati the consort of Lord Maheshwara. Verily it is she who is playfully engaged in creation, protaction and final destruction of the Universe || 10 ||
There is no distinction between the three.
Jai Shri Rama
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