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Mantra - The Power Of Sound

​Dr. Goda Venkateswara Sastri
                                                             M.Sc, Ph.D, C.A.I.I.B

Brahmaśrī Dr. Goda Venkateswara Sastrigal  has the rare double honour of having studied the Vedas and the śāstras in a traditional way as well as having completed his master’s degree in modern Science.  As for the ṣāstras, he studied them under Injikkollai Brahmaśrī Jagadeeswara Sastrigal, a renowned scholar and a great exponent of Vedānta and Śrīvidyā. Striving hard in this fashion, Sri Sastrigal went on to obtain a Doctorate degree in Advaita Vedanta śāstra from the Rashtriya Samskrit Samsthan, New Delhi.

Having undergone kramānta (svaśākhā) in Ṛg Veda, Sri Sastrigal completed Veda-bhāṣya of Ṛg Veda as well as Yajur Veda. In addition, he undertook studies in Sāhitya, Nyāya as well as Pūrva-mīmāṁsā. Then he undertook advanced studies in Uttara-mīmāṁsā (Vedānta). Sri Sastrigal has been conferred the coveted title ‘Advaita-siddhi-ratnākara’ by Sudharma Rakshana Parishad,Tenali under the aegis of the Sringeri Shankara Math.
Both the Shankaracharyas of Kanchi and Sringeri Maths have recognized Sri Sastrigal’s talent in expounding the texts and he is regularly invited to speak in the Vidvat Sadas (seminars) organized by these Maths. Sri Sastrigal participates in the seminars organized by the Viśiṣṭādvaita and Dvaita Maths too.

Sri Sastrigal has mastery over Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil and English.  Even though his speeches that are presented in this website are in Tamil, Sri Sastrigal can deliver lectures fluently in all these languages.  Sri Sastrigal’s lectures on the Upaniṣads, the Bhagavad-gītā and the like at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai, are well attended for almost two decades. In addition, he takes advanced classes in Vedanta for a select audience at Sankara Gurukulam, Chennai as well. Besides, he has also been preparing students in their post-doctoral research in Indology.

Sri Sastrigal has also been giving lectures on Śrīvidyā-related texts viz., Śrī Lalitā-sahasranāma-bhāṣya of Bhāskararāya, Śrī Devi-māhātmya-bhāṣya of Bhāskararāya, Śrī Lalitā-triśati-bhāṣya of Śrī Ādi-śaṁkara, as well as Śrī Paraśurāma-kalpa-sūtra.

Sri Sastrigal regularly contributes articles to various religious magazines. He is the Director of Viswamitra Maharishi Vedic Research Centre, Madipadu, Andhra Pradesh.  Sri Sastrigal has been conducting Veda-śāstra-sadas during the dīkṣā-parva of his Guru, on an annual basis. On this occasion, he conducts a Caṇdī-homa to commemorate the contributions made by his guru.
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