[Advaita-l] MuktikA Upanishad / MuktikOpanishat cited by srI VidyAraNya svAmI in PanchdaSI

[H S Chandramouli]

I was really referring to the limitations of history on which we place so
much emphasis while denegrating the scriptures as pure fiction. not on the
periods of famous personalities per se.


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Nithin Sridhar
<sridhar.nithin at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am convinced that there were 2 Shankaracharya. The one we know about from
> all his works bhashyas & stotras and other works is the recent one of
> 700-800 AD and there was one more older Shankara, about whom we know
> nothing much and whose no works have survived.
>
> Sometime in history, the both version have got mixed up!.
>
> This is my personal opinion though!
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Sujal Upadhyay <sujal.u at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Recently I had read that a statue of Lord Buddha was dating 1500 years
> > earlier than his accepted date of birth :)
> >
> > OM
> >
> > Sujal Upadhyay
> >
> > "To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
> > nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
> >
> > He who has faith has all
> > He who lacks faith, lacks all
> > It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
> > FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:18 PM, H S Chandramouli <
> > hschandramouli at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Even for the relatively recent personalities like Shankaracharya or
> > > Nagarjuna there is no universally agreed period .Vedavyasa/Vasishtha/
> > > Yagnyavalkya ??!!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Nithin Sridhar
> > > <sridhar.nithin at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >
> > > > Even the date of penning cannot be determined accurately always. A
> > > > particular manuscript that is available may be of recent origin and
> > older
> > > > manuscripts may not be available now! So, we cannot say a particular
> > > > Upanishad was written from the dating of manuscripts either!
> Sometimes,
> > > > using various methods of cross referencing, scholars determines the
> > > > relative chronology of who came after whom and hence determines a
> range
> > > of
> > > > date!. A date for Shankaracharya or Nagarjuna can be determined but
> not
> > > for
> > > > Veda vyasa or Vashishta or even Yajnavalkya! That is where the
> history
> > > goes
> > > > wrong!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Sujal Upadhyay <sujal.u at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I fully agree. Just like the date of birth is not actually the date
> > of
> > > > > birth but date of delivery, as the jiva has already entered the
> body.
> > > > > Atmost they can say when a particular upanishad was penned down.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyways, if you find anything related to the said verse and find
> > > > reference,
> > > > > please let me know.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > OM
> > > > >
> > > > > Sujal
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