Prasnottara Ratna Malika (рдкреНрд░рд╢реНрдиреЛрддреНрддрд░ рд░рддреНрдирдорд╛рд▓рд┐рдХрд╛) of Adi Shankara is a collection of 67 verses comprising of questions and answers pertaining to both spiritual and temporal living. This book comprises of the sanskrit verses and their english translation.
Many of the answers are so accurate that we find ourselves transported for a moment into a sublim state of peace and silence. At the same time in some rare cases, the answers to some questions do not seem to be given by a highly enlightened soul like Adi Sankara. It is generally considered that this text was
authored by Adi Sankara though some scholars do not agree with this. We do not know if some of these verses are later interpolations.
However, this text is a boon for seekers of self-realisation.
Thanks comming from my heart for your work……. keep going …….
Amit Banerjee
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This great guidance for living a life with attitude of service to God if widely read, understood and practiced will evevate India.
I was reading the original and just tried if a translation is available anywhere. Surfed the net and lo behold there it is!
Thank you very much for uploading.
This is simply great book that any and everyone can easily understand.
Hitherto, apprehension about Sankara’s teachings as sublime/profound and tough to understand by common man has been completely shattered with this book/work. It is so very true and applicable even today for every one in every walk of life. Read it/cherish it/apply it and get benefited.
Thanks once again. Sreeram Darbha.
It seems the link is broken. Could you please upload again?
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Read few. Truly commendable job. Someone who is blessed (Sadguru) can/will only do this job (Gnana Dana). Keep posting, for not you are blessed, to get others blessed..
Tulsi Rao, I have rectified the link. You can download the book now.
We need hard copies of Prasnottara Ratna Malika in Sanskrit with English/tamil
translation.
swamy.
Kindly know me the availability of hastalikhit rawansanhita n bhrigu sanhita in ur pratisthan?
Can you please tell me that which meter is used in these shlokas.
The verses are in Indravarja. You can use the following java app developed by G.S.S. Murthy for identifying the metres of Sanskrit verses.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/p21y045io80il5o/Maatraa5d.exe
I need in kannada or in telugu please any link please
Giving below the link to Telugu version.
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_shankara/prashnottara.html?lang=te
Do you have copy of Adi Shankaracharya’s prapanchasara?
Going through this Maalika, we can see that Shankara was deadly against women. (Dwaaram kim ekam narakasya naree etc.). His venom comes out by equating women as gateway to hell (and other verbal attacks). Perhaps he might have got his encouragement from Gita which degrades all women as “born in Paapa Yoni”. Shankara did not acknowledge that he came to this world because of a woman-his mother. Its highly derogatory to keep the old writings in high esteem because it is written by rishis or sanyasis. Indians should come out of such glorifications, then only it will progress an advanced country.
First of all let me say that this website is not meant for discussion or debate. The aim of the site is to share Sanskrit books which are in the open domain. If you wish to have a meaningful debate with real scholars on this topic, please post your comment at Bharatiya Vidvat Parishat Google group – https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvparishat
Now, let me reply to your comment.
1. Sankara was a man of wisdom and was totally free from hatred or aversion for anyone. To familiarize with Sankara’s attitude towards women, you may read his ‘Matrupanchakam’ and ‘Devyaparadha Kshamapana Stotra. In the latter he says ‘рдХреБрдкреБрддреНрд░реЛ рдЬрд╛рдпреЗрдд рдХреНрд╡рдЪрд┐рджрдкрд┐ рдХреБрдорд╛рддрд╛ рди рднрд╡рддрд┐’ – There can be Kuputra (fallen disobedient son turning away from Mother), but there can never be Kumata (Mother turning away from son permanently).
2. In the verse quoted by you, рджреНрд╡рд╛рд░рдВ рдХрд┐рдореЗрдХрдВ рдирд░рдХрд╕реНрдп рдирд╛рд░реА, the acharya is addressing a seeker who is striving for Moksha. The advice given to a male disciple is equally applicable to a female disciple too. In that case, the verse would mean ‘man is the door to Hell’. Here the word ‘рдирд╛рд░реА’ stands for ‘desire for sensual pleasures’. A mumukshu (seeker of moksha), who is not free from the desires for sensual pleasures, will ever remain entangled in Samsara.
3. In the Gita verse you quoted (Gita 9.32), the word рдкрд╛рдкрдпреЛрдирдпрдГ is not used as an adjective of ‘women’. It is meant for those living beings that are born in lower wombs i.e. those of animals, birds, etc. Traditional commentators give the examples of Jatayu, Gajendra and Bhusundi in this context. Please refer to the commentary by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya – https://jagadgururambhadracharya.org/рдЧреБрд░реБрдЬреА-рдХреЗ-рд╢рдмреНрджреЛрдВ-рдореЗрдВ-рднрдЧрд╡рдж/
Doctor you are an educated person. How do you use such casual language without understanding the real meaning of anything? I am shocked. First off, because you have bad karma you took birth so he says papa yoni. He never degraded women. He says we should be rid of this birth-death cycle and desire especially on woman must be banished. He bhashyam on Soundarya Lahiri extols Goddess and womanhood. Please read him correctly before commenting. May Adi Shankara bless you.
рдкреНрд░рднрд╛рдХрд░рдорд┐рд╢реНрд░рдХреГрддрд╛ рд╢рд╛рдмрд░рднрд╛рд╖реНрдпрдЯреАрдХрд╛ рдмреГрд╣рддреА рдорд┐рд▓рддрд┐ рдХрд┐рдореН?
Link to Madras University editon of Brihati with Salikanatha’s Panchika.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Prabhakara%20Brihati
Can I get kannada version
Where can I get rudrayamalatantra English translation
I need 6 copies of this book, where can I get it from ?
Scholars like R.G.Bhandarkar,A.S.Altekar,S.Sreekanthashastry,M.Govinda Pai, Suryanath Kamath, M.M.Mahishawadietc.,have establishedin unambiguous terms that the author of Prashnottara Ratna Malika was Amoghavarsha Nrupatunga(814-877), the Rashtrakuta emperor. It had only thirty verses in Sanskrit and later adding (interpolations)some more verses it was attributed to Shankaracharya. I subscribe to this view because the quality and structure of this little work is not befitting the stature of Adi Shankaracharya.
I appreciate Sankaraachry as all Advaita works.Also Ashtavakra Geeta
Panchadasi ,Bhagavat Geeta etc.I didn’t see Prapancha saara.