sabarimala sasta
The Sabarimala Temple
was once a temple dedicated to Buddha.
It can be inferred from the following.
The deity there is Sasta.
Sasta is one of the names of Buddha.
मुनीन्द्र: श्रीधन: शास्ता मुनि: शाक्यमुनिस्तु य:/
स शाक्यसिंह: सर्वार्थसिद्ध:
शौद्धोदनिश्च स: /
गौतमश्चार्कबन्धुश्च मायादेवीसुतश्च
स: //
Amarakosha.
Pilgrims who visit the temple go on chanting –swamiye saranamayyappa.
Saranam here has come from the Buddhist refrain like this.
बुद्धम् शरणम् गच्छामि
धम्मम् शरणम् गच्छामि
संघम् शरणम् गच्छामि
Buddhism does not recognize any caste
system. Everyone is equal to a Sudra of the Hindu System.
In the Hindu system caste is called Varna. Varnaalso means color. Here the caste is recognized by the color of
the dress one wears.
Brahmins wear white dress.
Khatriyas wear red dress.
Vaishyas wear yellow dress.
Sudras wear black dress.
So all pilgrims going to Sabarimala
wear black dress.
The Sabarimala Temple
was once a temple dedicated to Buddha.
It can be inferred from the following.
The deity there is Sasta.
Sasta is one of the names of Buddha.
मुनीन्द्र: श्रीधन: शास्ता मुनि: शाक्यमुनिस्तु य:/
स शाक्यसिंह: सर्वार्थसिद्ध:
शौद्धोदनिश्च स: /
गौतमश्चार्कबन्धुश्च मायादेवीसुतश्च
स: //
Amarakosha.
Pilgrims who visit the temple go on chanting –swamiye saranamayyappa.
Saranam here has come from the Buddhist refrain like this.
बुद्धम् शरणम् गच्छामि
धम्मम् शरणम् गच्छामि
संघम् शरणम् गच्छामि
Buddhism does not recognize any caste
system. Everyone is equal to a Sudra of the Hindu System.
In the Hindu system caste is called Varna. Varnaalso means color. Here the caste is recognized by the color of
the dress one wears.
Brahmins wear white dress.
Khatriyas wear red dress.
Vaishyas wear yellow dress.
Sudras wear black dress.
So all pilgrims going to Sabarimala
wear black dress.
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