manasa-taramgini

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The domain of India according to bhskararya-makhndra

bhskararya was one of the greatest mantravdin-s of all times, who perhaps was only
rivaled by the illustrious abhinavagupta or aghoraiva deika, who in times closer t
o our own was verily like how a brhmaa sage of the time of the veda might have bee
n. He shone like a luminary on the north bank of the Kaveri illuminating many stra
-s including the k and atharvaa ruti-s, navanyya outside the vaga country and above a
ll the rkula. In the introduction to his rkula work varivasy-rahasya he says:
prca kmarpd druhia-suta-nada-plvitd pratco
gndhrt sindhu-sndrd-raghuvara-caritd ca setor avca
kedrd udcas tuhina-gahanata santi vidvat-samj
ye ye tn ea yatna sukhayatu samajn kaca mat kartum e
The learned assemblies, which indeed are from kmarpa in the east which is flooded
by the riverine son of druhia (i.e. brahm) to gndhra in the west which is moistened
by the Indus system, from the bridge in the south, by which the foremost of the
raghu-s traveled, to the kedra in the north laden heavy with snow, may this effor
t gratify them; who would wish to please the lay-folk by this work of mine?
Indeed this clearly expresses the extent of India as the domain of the santana-dh
arma. The marh patrons of bhskararya had placed the saffron Hindu flag on the fort of
Attock. He had himself witnessed closely the marh campaigns against the Portuguese
in the Konkan when he was writing his magnum opus the setu-bandha. Thus, there
was a brief period of hope that indeed the idea of bjrv-I, of the complete liberati
on of bhratavara, might become reality. It was perhaps the vision engendered by th
is hope that inspired the words of bhskararya. Sadly, the marh-s stumbled and the ext
ent of bhrata today has contracted and threatens to contract even more. Not surpr
isingly more than half the treatises written by bhskararya have been lost. But les
t Hindus forget, they must keep in mind that this was the bhratavara that their pe
ople had in mind even as of 250 years ago and if its civilizational memory is lo
st all hopes of regaining it may also be seen as lost.
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