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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Just say no to "Hinduism" (was Re: ARTICLE : On
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From: Pradip Gangopadhyay <pradip@lism.usc.edu>
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:39:22 -0700 (PDT)
Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu> wrote:
>Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
>> susarla.krishna@tumora.swmed.edu wrote in article
>> <ghenDy9Fr2.7I2@netcom.com>...
>> > Why would one "personal form of God" worship another?
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>> Here's another interesting question, why did Vishnu Bhagawan speak the
>> Shiva Sahasranama? (See Shiva Mahapurana, Kotirudra Samhita, a. 35) Any
>> thoughts?
>Another interesting question is why the padma puraaNa says that
>worshiping vishhNu will lead to hell and also why kR^ishhNa bhagavaan
>spoke another shiva sahasranaama in the very same padma puraaNa.
Modern scholars say that there is considerable evidence of editing and
re-editing of the Puranas. Sectarian editors (of all persuasions) have
inserted these lines to glorify their own deity. Thank goodness, they could
not edit the Sruti.
Regards
Pradip
