श्रीमद्भागवते अद्वैतमतप्रतिष्ठा- Srimad Bhagavate Advaita Mata Pratishtha

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About the Book Bhagavatapurana is one of the most popularly known texts of Indian Philosophy and religion. This text has also provided philosophical foundations to many Bhakti-Sampradaya too. Many Vedic Philosophical systems have drawn corroborative evidence in support of their respective philosophical stand-point from this text.

Dr. D. Ramakrishna while interpreting the Bhagavatapurana in the light of the Advaita doctrine has seen that the Brahman is the intended meaning of the entire text. The Brahman is the eternal Bliss. It is of the nature of Ultimate Reality. According to him the Bhagavatapurana is an echo of the Upanisadic concept of the Brahman. The Brahman is sat, cit, and ananda. The maya is anadi and because of the influence of this maya the world binds a jiva. The world is a super imposition on that eternal existence. In reality that is the real nature of jiva and he should try to descover his own real nature through sadhana. A jiva is nothing but the same sat, cit and ananda. In fact there is nothing other than the brahman which is Real.

Dr. D. Ramakrishna has present Monism in this work and has core his interpretation with relevant quotations from the Bhagavata. This has made the work most authentic.

The present work reflects sound knowledge of different systems of Indian philosophy on the part of Dr. D. Ramakrishna. His Sanskrit language of presentation is also very lucid and shastric in style.

About the Author Dr. D. Ramakrishna, Head, Department of Sanskrit, Maris Stella College, Vijayawada, started his teaching career at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada during the year 1987-88. He received his Ph.D. in "Srimad Bhagavate Advaita Mata Pratistha" from Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Pune under the guidance of world renowned scholar Prof. V.N. Jha and had his traditional learning in Nyaya and Advaita Vedanta from 'Mahamahopadhyaya' Sri. M. Manikya Sastri of Vijayawada and H.H. Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swami, Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. He created a landmark in the traditional textual study of Indian Epigraphy by his great research work "A study of Sanskrit Inscriptions in Andhra Pradesh" published by Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupathi. Also he translated Sriramakeerti Mahakavyam (Story of Rama belongs to Thailand) of Prof. Satyavrat Shastri in Telugu and honoured by Her Royal Highness Princess of Thailand. So far he conducted seven National Conferences on "Complete works of Panditaraja Jagannatha", "Tribal Literature and Culture", "Yogic Methods of enquiry", "Contribution of Andhrities to Sanskrit Literature in 60 years of Independent India", "Contribution of Prof. Satyavrat Shastri, The first Jnanapeeth Awardee in Sanskrit to Sanskrit Literature", "Contribution of Sri Krishna Devaraya to Sanskrit Literature and Conference on Agamas".

Foreword It gives me great pleasure in writing this Foreword to this work. This work was prepared under my supervision for the award of Ph. D. degree of the University of Pune The text of Bhagavatapurana is one of the most popularly known texts of Indian philoso phy and religion. This text has also provided philosophical philosophical foundations to many Bhakti-Sampradaya too. Many Vedic philosophical systems have drawn corroborative evidence in support of their respective philosophical stand-point from this text. The present work, however, has tried to give Advaitic interpretation of this text and in my opinion Dr. D. Ramakrishna has been successful in doing so.

This is the beauty of the Indian philosophical traditions that they build their philosophical foundation on certain presuppositions and interpret the Vedic and Upanisadic texts in such a way that they appear in conformity with those underlying presuppositions of that particular system of thought. It is interesting to see that one and same Upanisadic text is quoted in support of Advaita Vedanta and Dvaita Vedanta, Visistadvaita Vedanta. Bhedabheda Vedanta, Suddhadvaita Vedanta and Acintya Bhedabheda Vedanta. Although the text remains the same, its interpretation varies and that supports the standpoint of the philosopher who quotes that text for corroboration.

While interpreting the texts they follow the principles of interpretation as developed by the Purvamimamsa system of Indian philosophy.

Dr. Ramakrishna while interpreting the Bhagavatapurana in the light of the Advaita doctrine has seen that the Brahman is the intended meaning of the entire text. The Brahman is the eternal Bliss. It is of the nature of Ultimate Reality. According to him the Bhagavatapurana is an echo of the Upanisadic concept of the Brahman. The Brahman is sat, cit, and ananda. The maya is anadi and because of the influence of this maya the world binds a jiva. The world is a super-imposition on that Eternal Existence. In reality that is the real nature of jiva and he should try to discover his own real nature through sadhana. A jiva is nothing but the same sat, cit and ananda. In fact there is nothing other than the Brahman which is Real.

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