Swami Karpatri The Linga and The Great Goddess (लिङ्गोपासना-रहस्य श्रीभगवती-तत्त्व)

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लिङ्गोपासना रहस्य श्रीभगवती तत्त्व (Swami Karpatri The Linga and The Great Goddess) Svāmī Karpātrī (1907-1982), a revered contemporary samnyasin of exceptional personality, was renowned for his deep scriptural knowledge, which he used in his many writings to light up the Hindu orthodox point of view. The two significant articles presented here deal with the meaning of the Linga and the nature of the Great Goddess. Besides doctrinal and mythological clarifications, we find a sophisticated debate about the nature of sakti between two traditional schools : Nyaya and Mimāmsā, which could be compared with those held in the times of Ādi Śańkara.

This bilingual edition (Hindi-English) presents a new translation the fruit of a collective work – besides the original text in devanagari, in the first book by Svāmī Karpātrī published in English. The notes explain the philosophical parts or reveal misleading interpolations and omissions commited by the first translator of these articles, Alain Daniélou.

Prefaced by His Holiness Jagadguru Śankarācārya of Dvārakāpitha and Jyotişpitha, Svāmi Svärupānanda Sarasvati, who was a close companion of Svāmī Karpātrī, this book clarifies many fundamental thoughts of sanatana dharma related to Śiva and Śakti.