Shivanand Goswami

Shivanand Goswami, also known as Shiromani Bhatt was a poet and a scholar of literature, poetics, Ayurveda, Oriental studies, Veda-Vedang, ritualism, theology, astronomy, astrology (Hora Shastra), Sanskrit Grammar and a practitioner of Tantra-Mantra.[1]

Early life

Shivanand was born in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu. His ancestors were originally Tamil and Telugu-speaking Panchadravida Vellanadu Brahmins,[2] who later settled in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and other provinces of North India at the request and invitation of some North Indian kings. Goswami's grandfather Shriwas Bhatt I is thought to have migrated from Tamil Nadu to North India;[3] he was bestowed the title of "Goswami" on completion of his training in tantra by his guru Satchidananda Sundaracharya in 1525, and renamed as Goswami Vidyanand Nath.

Shiromani Bhatt's father was Shri Jaganniwas Bhatt, who was invited by Bundelkhand king Devi Singh to act as his Rajguru. Later, Amber King Bishan Singh invited his son Goswami to his capital town to perform a Vajpeya-Yagna and accepted him as Rajguru of the Kachchawa-clan.[4][5]

Simha-Siddhanta-Sindhu

Shivananda Goswami was a devoted worshiper of Goddess Tripura Sundari. Many incidents describe him having occult-powers as a psychic and tantra-exponent.[6] After Shrimad Bhagwat, the credit of writing the text Singh-Siddhant-Sindhu goes to Shivananda Goswami. Written in 1674, the book has 35,130 Sanskrit verses, more than the Srimad Bhagavatam.

The handwritten manuscript of the book was available in the Anup Sanskrit Library of Bikaner. It was published in print form almost 400 years after it was written by the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute of Jodhpur, in three volumes under the editorship of Pandit Laxminarayan Goswami. The third volume was also published as an e-book by exoticindiaart.com. The book is encyclopedic in nature and contains thousands of excerpts from many disciplines like Sanskrit poetry, Tantra, Mantra-Shastra, Nyaya, Aagama-Nigama, Dharmashastras, Mimansa, Sutras, Ethics, Astrology, Veda-Vedang, Grammar, Medicine, Ayurveda, Yagya-Vidhi, Rituals, Dharmashastra, and Horashastra etc. Two more volumes of this book are under print from Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute as indicated by the editor.[7]

Other works

Goswami wrote more than 35 Sanskrit books. Apart from Champu-kavya, most of his works are written in poetry-form. The list of citations of the first ten Tarangas ('waves') of 'Singh Siddhanta Sindhu' was published in Chennai (Madras).[8] He was primarily an exclusive-worshiper of Tripura-Sundari (Goddess). As a result of his commitment to power-worship, earned through Srividya, he was bestowed with the title of Sakshi-Natya-Shiromani by the Pandit-community of Varanasi.[9][10][11]

His 30 available works (mostly handwritten manuscripts) in Anup Sanskrit Library, Bikaner, Pothikhana of City-Palace, Jaipur, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune and elsewhere are as follows:[12]

  1. Singh-Siddhant-Sindhu (1674 AD) सिंहसिद्धांतसिन्धु [13][14][15][16][17][18]
  2. Singh-siddhant-pradeepak सिंह सिद्धांत प्रदीपक
  3. Subodh Roopawali सुबोध रूपावली
  4. Srividyayasparyakram-darpan श्रीविद्यास्यपर्याक्रम-दर्पण
  5. Vidyarchandipika विद्यार्चनदीपिका
  6. Lalitarchana-kaumudi ललितार्चन-कौमुदी
  7. Laxminarayanarcha-kaumudi लक्ष्मीनारायणार्चा-कौमुदी
  8. Laxminarayan-Stuti लक्ष्मीनारायण-स्तुति
  9. Subhgodaya Darpana सुभगोदय-दर्पण
  10. Aacharyasindhu आचारसिन्धु
  11. Pyayashchittaranava-Sanket प्रयाश्चित्तारणव-संकेत
  12. Aanhikaratna आन्हिकरत्न
  13. Mahabharat-subhashit-shloka-Sangraha महाभारत-सुभाषित-श्लोक-संग्रह
  14. Vyavahara-Nirnaya व्यवहारनिर्णय
  15. Vaidyaratna वैद्यरत्न
  16. Muhurtaratna मुहूर्तरत्न
  17. Kala-Viveka काल-विवेक
  18. Tithi-nirnaya तिथिनिर्णय
  19. Amarkoshsya Balbodhini Teeka अमरकोशस्य बालबोधिनी टीका
  20. Stree-Pratyaya-Kosh स्त्री-प्रत्ययकोश
  21. Karka-Kosh कारक-कोश
  22. Samaas-kosh समास-कोश
  23. Shabda-Bhed-Prakash शब्द भेद प्रकाश
  24. Aakhyaanwada आख्यानवाद
  25. Padartha tatva nirupana पदार्थतत्वनिरूपण
  26. naya-vivek नय-विवेक
  27. Ishwarastuti ईश्वरस्तुति
  28. Kulpredeep कुलप्रदीप
  29. Shri-Chandra-Pooja-Prayog श्रीचंद्रपूजा-प्रयोग
  30. Niyarchankathana नित्यार्चन-कथन

Honors/ Felicitations and Jagirs

In the seventh generation of Orchha Kings, Devi Singh (1635–1641 AD) bestowed the jagir of 4 villages in Bundelkhand Madhya Pradesh to Goswami after obtaining 'Sri Vidya mantra-diksha' from him.[19]

In 1692–1694, Amber king Bishan Singh presented him the jagirs of Ramjipura (on which the Malviya Nagar of Jaipur is built today), along with Harivanshpura, Chimanpura and Mahapura,[20] the written evidence of which is still preserved in an inscription of 'Pothikhana' (Royal Library) of City-Palace of Jaipur,[21] Mahapura village has become a part of Jaipur metropolis today. The descendants of Goswami ji and his brother Janardan Goswami have lived in Amber/Mahapura. When Shivanand ji decided to settle in Bikaner (leaving his property-villages in Jaipur) The jagirs of two villages - Pulasar and Chilkoi were first presented to Goswamiji by Raja Anup Singh of Bikaner (1669-98 AD).[22]

Death

It is widely believed that Goswami spent his last days in Bikaner with Anup Singh, the Maharaja,[23] where he died - somewhere in South India, or in Bikaner - it is also a matter of research.[24]

References

  1. ^ "जयपुर की संस्कृत साहित्य को देन (1835-1965) | Hindi Book | Jaipur Ki Sanskrit Sahitya Ko den (1835-1965) - ePustakalay".
  2. ^ "Vansh Prashasti" : A book by Goswami Harikrishna Shastri
  3. ^ North Indian Andhra-Tailang-Bhatt-Family-Tree' (Part-2) by 'Shuddhadvaita Vaishnava Vellanateeya Yuvak Mandal' Edited by Potkurchi Kanthamani Shastri and Karanji Gokulananda Tailang, from Nathdwara Rajasthan
  4. ^ "Sabheda Arya Saptshatee : An ancient book" referred to by Goswami Hari krishna Shastry in his verse-book "Vansh-Prashasti"
  5. ^ उत्तर भारतीय आन्ध्र-तैलंग-भट्ट-वंशवृक्ष (भाग-२) संपादक स्व. पोतकूर्ची कंठमणि शास्त्री और करंजी गोकुलानंद तैलंग / 'शुद्धाद्वैत वैष्णव वेल्लनाटीय युवक-मंडल', नाथद्वारा से वि. सं. २००७ में प्रकाशित
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  7. ^ 'Sanskrit-Kalpataru' : Editor Kalanath Shastri and Ghanshyam Goswami : Manjunath Research Institute, C-8, Prithviraj Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001
  8. ^ Tripathi, Gaya Charan (2004). Communication with God: The Daily Pūjā Ceremony in the Jagannātha Temple. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN 9788173052620. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  9. ^ Monograph by P.Parimal
  10. ^ "Rājasthāna ke granthāgāra". 1986.
  11. ^ "Parampara". 1984.
  12. ^ Tripathi, Gaya Charan (2004). Communication with God: The Daily Pūjā Ceremony in the Jagannātha Temple. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN 9788173052620. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. ^ "सिंहसिद्धान्तसिन्धुः - खण्ड 1 | Sanskrit Book | Singh Siddhant Sindhu - Vol. 1 - ePustakalay".
  14. ^ "Singh Siddhant Sindhu vol. 1".
  15. ^ "Singh Siddhant Sindhu vol. 3".
  16. ^ "सिंहसिद्धान्तसिन्धु: (द्वितीय: खण्ड:) - Singh Siddhanta Sindhu by Goswami Shri Shivananda Bhatt Part - 2 (An Old and Rare Book) | Exotic India Art".
  17. ^ Bhojraj Dwivedi, Dr. Mantra Shakti Aur Sadhna. Diamond Pocket Books (P). ISBN 9788171828395.
  18. ^ "Sambodhi". 1989.
  19. ^ 'Sanskrit-Kalpataru' : Editor Kalanath Shastri and Ghanshyam Goswami : Manjunath Memorial Research Institute, C-8, Prithviraj Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001
  20. ^ 'The Changing Power-Structure in a Rajasthan Village' Research Paper: by Vasudhakar Goswamy, Department of Sociology University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (1968)
  21. ^ जयपुर-दर्शन' प्रकाशक : 'जयपुर अढाई शती समारोह समिति' प्रधान-सम्पादक : डॉ॰ प्रभुदयाल शर्मा 'सहृदय'नाट्याचार्य वर्ष 1978
  22. ^ The Biography of Rulers, Nobles,Gentlemen of Bikaner : Volume III : Page 134 by R. D. Sodhi, Hukum Singh, Extra Assistant Commissioner in Punjab and Vice-resident of the Regency Council, Bikaner
  23. ^ Bikaner Gazetteer, 1946
  24. ^ संक्षिप्त मोनोग्राफ : 'साक्षीनाट्यशिरोमणि गोस्वामी शिवानंद' प्रकाश परिमल : स्मृति-प्रकाशन, डी-३९, देवनगर, जयपुर-302018
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