[INDOLOGY] molten lead in ears

[Dr. T. Ganesan]

On 22-11-2013 05:35, palaniappa at aol.com wrote:
> For S'an.kara's views on this issue, see
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe34/sbe34107.htm
>
> Ra-ma-nuja also essentially had the same opinion in his commentary. See
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe48/sbe48137.htm
>
> /_On the other hand, what is interesting is that for S'ri-vais.n.avas 
> like Ra-ma-nuja, the S'u-dra saint Namma-l.va-r was/is the foremost 
> saint._/

Where is such a reference by Ramanuja to Namma-l.va-r in his works ? 
Nowhere does he make any such reference.
It seems only much long after Ramanuja such ideas were incorporated in 
the propagation of SriVaishnavism.

Ganesan


>
>
> Regards,
> Palaniappan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
> To: patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com>
> Cc: indology <indology at list.indology.info>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 7:05 am
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] molten lead in ears
>
> Kane, HISTORY OF THE DHARMA S'A-STRA, VOL. II PART I, p. 82, 
> Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona 1941
>
> http://www.srimatham.com/uploads/5/5/4/9/5549439/history_of_dharma_sastras.pdf
>
> has this:
>
>
> <<...the practice current in the times of the Veda-nta-su-tras that 
> the S'u-dra is not entitled to study the Veda.
>
> Gaut. XII.4 went so far as to prescribe:---
>
> 'if the s'u-dra intentionally listens for committing to memory the 
> Veda, then his ears should be filled with (molten) lead and lac; if he 
> utters the Veda, then his tongue may be cut off; if he has mastered 
> the Veda his body should be hacked'.>>
>
> Hoping it's of some help,
>
> Regards,
> Artur Karp


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