[Advaita-l] mayavadam asat sastram

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Rajaram Venkataramani wrote:

> As most people on this forum may be aware, Sri Jiva Gosvam quotes
> Padma Purana verse "mayavadam asat sastram" to conclude that Lord Siva
> appeared as Sankara to teach Mayavada Philosophy. Mayavada
> specifically refers to denying absolute reality of names, forms and
> actions of Isvara as well as the world. According to one Advaita
> scholar I talked to, this verse refers to Saiva Siddhanta not
> Advaitam. But it was his personal opinion not based on the works of
> any Advaita Purvacharya. As Madhusudana Saraswati was a contemporary
> of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I was hoping to see explanation of this
> charge by him or one of his disciples.
>
> Can anyone on this forum, please clarify what is the traditional
> position on this?

Traditionally Advaita thinkers have not cared and probably were not even 
aware of it as these shlokas were probably only inserted into the 
Padmapurana around that time.


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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>