Takhti-Suleman Seat of Solomon : a hill in Kashmir, overlooking the Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar, whose original name was first Persianised & then Anglicised by the bigoted foreigners who conquered & converted the entire region. The Shiva temple on this hill was erected in 220 BC by Emperor Ashoka’s eldest son Kuṇāla or Jalauka, for Shaivism had been the religion of the entire region since times immemorial & remained its predominant religion even after Ashōka inserted Buddhism. Even the Kushāns originally of central Asia, who invaded & settled there at the turn of this millennium gradually accepted Shaivism though they did not oppress Buddhists. Ādi Shankarāchārya visited Kashmir in first quarter of 9th century (see Ubhayabhārati). It was beside Jalauka’s Shiva temple that he wrote his celebrated Saundarya Lahari, a powerful hymn to Mahāshakti which is acclaimed as a master-piece of Sanskrit literature. Since then the temple & the hill, till then known as Gopādri, are known as the Shankarāchārya temple & hill. In 1961, the Shankarāchārya of Dwārkā Peeṭha installed a statue of Ādi Shankarāchārya behind the Shiva Lingam in the Shiva temple on this hill. ― In 1898, Swami Vivekananda was in Srinagar from June 22 to July 15. Among the local excursions that the Swami made with his disciples was that on July 29 to the small, massively built Shiva temple that stands atop the Shankarāchārya Hill which rises a thousand feet above the surrounding terrain. The famous floating gardens can be seen below, for miles around. The beauty & extensive sweep of the scene drew from the Swami the exclamation: “Look, what genius the Hindu shows in placing his temples
He always chooses a grand scenic effect
... Sri Aurobindo was on a tour of Kashmir and he visited the hill of Shankaracharya (also known as the Takhti-Suleman-Seat of Solomon), and experienced the vacant Infinite in a very tangible way. He has described this experience in his poem, 'Adwaita'.³ 'I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the ...
... 3/4.10.1939 Sri Aurobindo, Collected Poems: Light ============= Sankaracharya Hill Sankaracharya Hill — also called by Muslims Takht-i-Suleman, meaning the seat of Solomon. On top of the Hill there is a temple built some hundreds of years ago by Adi Shankaracharya. This can be viewed from any part of Shrinagar (Kashmir). There is a huge Shivalingam in the centre... the first two, but of a capital importance from a certain standpoint. He says about it: "There was a realisation of the vacant Infinite 1 while walking on the ridge of the Takht-i-Suleman (Seat of Solomon) in Kashmir." In 1939 he wrote this Sonnet (Adwaita) on this experience. × Vivekananda describes the beginning ...
... Pondicherry (Circa 1927-1947) Sonnets from Manuscripts (Circa 1934-1947) Collected Poems Adwaita Know more > I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ridge ending earth's vain romance. Around me was a formless solitude: All had become ...
... Pictures of Sri Aurobindo's poems Adwaita Read poem > I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ridge ending earth's vain romance 19.10.1939 Sri Aurobindo, Collected Poems: Adwaita ============= ...
... Aurobindo had an experience about which he spoke often. It was the experience of the Infinite. Atop the nearly 300-metre high Shankaracharya Hill — also called by Muslims Takht-i-Suleiman, meaning the seat of Solomon —there is a temple. The temple can be seen from any part of Srinagar. And from the temple one gets a scenic view of the valley: the Dal Lake to the north-west and the Jhelum on the other side, ...
... Aurobindo was on a tour of Kashmir and visited the hill of Shankaracharya (also known as the Takht-i-Suleman—Seat of Solomon), and experienced the vacant Infinite in a very tangible way. He has described this experience in his poem, 'Adwaita':¹ I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ...
... electric stream on which is run 596 I shall not die 215 Page 745 I walked beside the waters of a world of light 668 I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon 621 If I had wooed thee for thy colour rare 206 If now must pause the bullocks' jingling tune 237 If perfect moments on the peak of things 616 If thou ...
... his first step on the Apollo Bunder in Bombay (this calm surrounded him and remained for long months afterwards); the realisation of the vacant Infinite while walking on the ridge of the Takhti-Suleman [Seat of Solomon] in Kashmir; the living presence of Kali in a shrine on the banks of the Narmada; the vision of the Godhead surging up from Page 371 within when in danger of a carriage ...
... each side of the throne there were also two golden lions between two pillars of emerald. And golden vines bearing ruby grapes twined around the trunks of the trees. The elders of Israel were seated at Solomon's right hand and their seats were of gold, the genies sat at his left hand and their seats were of silver. When the king held his court of justice the people were allowed into his presence. ...
... Infinite stole upon him unbidden as it were. This was the experience recollected in the tranquillity of later years in the richly evocative sonnet Adwaita: I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ridge ending earth's vain romance. Around me was a formless solitude: ...
... handwritten manuscripts. Adwaita . 19 October 1939. Three handwritten manuscripts. This son-net was written about an experience Sri Aurobindo had while walking on the Takht-i-Sulaiman ("Seat of Solomon"), near Srinagar, Kashmir, in 1903. The Hill-top Temple . 21 October 1939. Three handwritten manu-scripts, the first two entitled "The Temple on the Hill-Top". This sonnet is ...
... the experience of the inner being. Sri aurobindo’s visit to Kashmir seems to have given him the inspiration for the poem which is reproduced here: ADWAITA I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon ¹ Where Shankaracharya's tiny templ e stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ridge ending earth's vain romance. Around me was a formless solitude: All had ...
... ________ ¹ (Sri Aurobindo, Collected Poems, vol. 5, Centenary edition, Pondicherry, 1972, p. 133 Page 165 Appendix XII Adwaita¹ I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ridge ending earth's vain romance. Around me was a formless solitude: All had ...
... in an all-encompassing mysterious Void". Page 32 Suleiman in Kashmir". In 1939, he wrote the following sonnet on this experience: AWAIT I walked on the high-wayed Seat of Solomon Where Shankaracharya's tiny temple stands Facing Infinity from Time's edge, alone On the bare ridge ending earth's vain romance. Around me was a formless solitude: All ...
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