[INDOLOGY] Source of "nAdevo devam arcayet"

[Dr. T. Ganesan]

The statement nArudro [= nAshivaH, nAdevo] rudram arcayet / contains the 
fundamental Agamic/tantric view that one has to visualise oneself as 
[and thereby become] the God one worships and then proceed to the ritual 
of worship. This is the underlying theme  of all Agamic/tantraic worship 
which is NOT found in the Vedic/puranic tradition.

Ganesan



On 29-09-2014 15:22, Walter Slaje wrote:
> This is interesting, as Maṅkha cherishes the opposite opinion, 
> according to which no human (ruler), but only god, deserves praise - 
> by man, e.g.:
>
> /mahat kaṣṭam aho hitvā yac charvaṃ sarvataḥśrutim/[1] <#_ftn1>/|/
>
> /garvānavadhibādhiryo nareṇa stūyate naraḥ/ || Śrīkaṇṭhacarita 25.6 ||
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [1] <#_ftnref1> sarvataḥśrutim (em.)]/sarvataḥ śrutim /Ed.
>
>
> ​ Regards,
> WS
> ​
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> 2014-09-29 11:00 GMT+02:00 Dr. T. Ganesan <ganesan at ifpindia.org 
> <mailto:ganesan at ifpindia.org>>:
>
>
>     nAdevo devamarcayet might be a general statement; but in the
>     ancient unpublished text of Sivadharma, there is a passage:
>
>     nārudraḥ saṁsmared rudraṃ nārudro rudram arcayet .
>
>     nārudraḥ kīrtayed rudraṃ nārudro rudram āpnuyāt  .. (Sivadharma,
>     1: 25)
>
>
>     This idea and the passage may be the basis for all later views
>     expressed in the same fashion.
>
>     Ganesan
>
>
>     On 29-09-2014 02:45, Chiara Policardi wrote:
>>
>>     Dear List members,
>>
>>     what is the source of the citation “nAdevo devam arcayet”?
>>
>>     It is quoted as “vedic saying” (Coomaraswamy) and “tantrik
>>     saying” (Eliade and others), but I haven’t ever seen the precise
>>     reference.
>>
>>
>>     Thanking you in advance,
>>
>>
>>     Chiara Policardi
>>
>>     PhD student
>>
>>     La Sapienza University of Rome
>>
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