Re: Request : for info on substances

Posted By Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian (rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:22:57 -0500

durgaprasad ayyalasomayajula wrote:

> VamaMarga and DakshinaMarga are the right and left followers.
> The VamaMarga people tend to follow and great souls followed it.
> But as you said it is not necessary.
> (Wife of Agasthya is an example. She followed Vamamarga, also she is
> founder of the school)
> (Please correct me if I am wrong).

I have never heard it being claimed that lopamudra, the wife of sage
agastya was a follower of vAma mArga. In fact, canonical daxiNa mArga
texts like the lalitA trishatI mention lopamudra. Usually the vAmAchara
texts claim that they were revealed by shiva to devI or devI to shiva.
Agastya is claimed to be one of the founders of the daxiNa mArga school
and lopamudra was also a follower of the same. The vAmamArga people
usually claim either dattAtreya or matseyendranath as one of their
founders.

Ramakrishnan.

Advertise with us!
This site is part of Dharma Universe LLC websites.
Copyrighted 2009-2015, Dharma Universe.