Saturday 14 March 2015

Koradeeyam: Knowledge Dissemination

श्रीः

I am starting this blog to discuss various issues related to the Indian tradition that is, various topics across Nastikadarsanas, Arthasastra, Ayurveda, Tantram, Alankara Sastra and fourteen विद्यास्थानानि, namely


Vedaśākhā
Saṃhitā / Brāhmaṇa
Āraṇyaka
Upaniṣad
  • VEDAS

Ṛgveda
Śākala-
Aitareya-
Aitareya-
Aitareya-
Sāṇkhāyana-
Kauṣītakī-
Kauṣītakī-
Kauṣītakī-
Kṛṣṇayajurveda
Taittirīya-
Taittirīya-
Taittirīya-
Taittirīya-, Śvetāśvatara-, Mahānārayaṇa-
Kaṭha-
Kāṭhaka-
Kāṭhaka-
Kaṭha-
Kapiṣṭhala-Kaṭha
Kapiṣṭhala-Kaṭha-


Maitrāyaṇīya-
Maitrāyaṇī-
Maitrāyaṇī-
Maitrāyaṇī-
Śuklayajurveda
Kāṇva-
Śatapatha-
Bṛhadāraṇyaka-
Bṛhadāraṇyaka-, Īśā(vāsya)-
Mādhyandina-
Śatapatha-
Bṛhadāraṇyaka-
Bṛhadāraṇyaka-, Īśā(vāsya)-
Sāmaveda
Rāṇāyanīya
Pañcaviṃśa-, Ārṣeya-, Vaṃśa-, Talavakāra-, Daivata-, Jaiminīyopaniṣad-, Ṣaḍviṃśa-, Mantra-, Chāndogya-, Sāmavidhāna-, Saṃhitopaniṣad-

Kena-
Jaiminīya


Kauthuma

Chāndogya-
Atharvaveda
Śaunaka
Gopathabrāhmaṇa

Muṇḍaka-, Māṇḍūkya-, Praśna-

Pippalāda

VEDĀṄGAS
Śikṣā
Pāṇinīyaśikṣā, Yājñavalkyaśikṣa, Nāradaśikṣā, Maṇḍukīśikṣā (Śikṣāsaṅgraha has thirty four Śikṣas)
Vyākaraṇa
Aṣṭādhyāyī + Vārtikas + Mahābhāṣya
Prakrīyā
Kāśikā + commentaries; Siddhāntakaumudī + commentaries etc.
Ārthika
Vākyapadīya, Śabdakaustubha, Bhūṣaṇa, Mañjūṣā etc.
Chandas
Chandassūtras of Piṅgala, Ṛkprātiśākhya, Sarvānukramaṇī of Kātyāyana, Chandaḥpraveśikā, Śrutabodha etc.
Nirukta
Niruktam of Yāska with Vṛtti of Durgācārya
Jyotiṣa
Siddhāntaskandha
Sūryasiddhānta, Āryabhaṭī, Siddhāntaśiromaṇi etc.
Muhūrtaskandha
Muhūrtamārtāṇḍa, Muhūrtacintāmaṇi
Jātakaskandha
Bṛhajjātaka of Varāhamihira, Pūrvaparāśarī
Kalpa
Śrautasūtras
Āśvalāyana-, Śāṅkhāyana- (Ṛgveda); Āpastamba-, Bodhāyana-, Vaikhānasa-, Bhāradvāja-, Vādhūla- (Kṛṣṇayajurveda); Kātyāyana- (Śuklayajurveda);Jaiminīya-, Drāhyāyana- (Sāmaveda); Vaitānaśrautasūtra, Kauśikagṛhyasūtra (Atharvaveda)
Gṛhyasūtras
Dharmasūtras
Vasiṣṭha- (Ṛk.);Āpastamba-, Bodhāyana- (Kṛṣṇyajus.); Viṣṇu-(Śuklayajus.);Gautama- (Sāma.)
Śulbasūtras
Āpastamba-, Bodhāyana-, Mānava- (Kṛṣṇyajurveda), Kātyāyana- (Sāmaveda)
UPĀṄGAS
Mīmāṃsā
Purvamīmāṃsā / Mīmāṃsā
Mīmāṃsāsūtras of Jaimini
Śābarabhāṣya
Kumārila - Ślokavāṛtika, Tantravārtika, Ṭupṭīka; Prabhākara - Bṛhatī
Uttaramīmāṃsā / Vedānta
Brahmasūtras of Bādarāyaṇa
Śārirakabhāṣya of Śaṅkarācārya; Śrībhāṣya of Rāmānujācārya; Ānandatīrthacatussūtrabhāṣya
Bhāmatī of Vācaspatimiśra – Kalpataru – Parimalā; Pañcapādikā – Vivaraṇa; Ratnaprabhā;
Nyāya
Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika
Nyāyasūtras of Gautama;
Vaiśeṣikasūtras of Kaṇāda
Nyāyabhāṣya of Vātsyāyana; Praśastapādabhāṣya
Nyāyavārtika, Nyāyakalikā, Nyāya-vāṛtikatātparyaṭīkā, Nyāyakusumāñjalī etc.;Tarkasaṅgraha etc.
Sāṅkhya-Yoga
Sāṅkyasūtras of Kapila; Īśvarakṛṣṇa'sSāṅkhyakārikas; Yogasūtras of Patañjali
Sāṅkhyasūtrabhāṣya of Vijñānabhikṣu; Māṭharavṛtti on Sāṇkhyakārikas; Vyāsabhāṣya on Yogasūtras; Bhoja'sVṛtti on Yogasūtras; Tattvavaiśāradī (ṭīkā on Vyāsabhāṣya) of Vācaspatimiśra etc.
Purāṇa
18 Mahāpurāṇas
Brahma, Padma, Viṣṇu, Vāyu, Bhāgavata, Nāradīya, Mārkaṇḍeya, Agni, Bhaviṣya, Brahmavaivarta, Liṇga, Varāha, Skanda, Vāmana, Kūrma, Matsya, Garuḍa, and Brahmāṇḍa.
18 Upapurāṇas
Sanatkumāra, Narasiṃha, Bṛhannāradīya, Śiva, Durvāsa, Kāpila, Mānava, Auśanasa, Vāruṇa, Kālikā, Māheśvara, Sāmba, Śaura, Parāśara, Devibhagavata, Āditya, Vāsiṣṭha and Viṣṇudharmottara
Itihāsa
Śrīmadrāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata
Dharmaśāstra
Smṛtis
Manu, Atri, Viṣṇu, Hārīta, Yājñavalkya, Uśanā, Aṅgiras, Yama, Āpastamba, Saṃvarta, Kātyāyana, Bṛhaspati, Parāśara, Vyāsa, Śaṅkha-Likhita, Dakṣa, Gautama, Śātātapa, Vaśiṣṭha
Nibandhas
Smṛticandrikā, Vīramitrodaya, Vivādaratnākara, Dāyabhāga, Nirṇayasindhu, Dharmasindhu

I have written hundreds of posts on the Google group Bharatiya Vidvat Parishad over the last few years. Of late, many are requesting for information / clarification in private. The knowledge in these discussions would be disseminated here.

A word about the title of the blog. Recently, I had discussed one particular sloka (16.8) from Bhagavadgita and ended up writing a commentary on it. This commentary was named Koradeeyam following the age-old tradition of naming a commentary after its author. In effect, most of the posts would be of a similar nature, and hence the name.

2 comments:

  1. Sir

    It is our good fortune that you decided to share with all the clarifications that you give to intricate questions in private.

    Regards
    Senani

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  2. Indeed Awesome Endeavour. Thanks a lot.

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