[Advaita-l] Shankara authenticates Shiva as the son of Brahma

[D Gayatri]

Is this story present in the critical edition? If yes, can you give me the
references? Assuming both happen and I read the story, I will respond to
you further.


On Saturday, 13 August 2016, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>> //There he is talking about Rudra, an amsha of Lord Shiva. The amshA is
>> created, not the amshi. That does not mean that he holds Shiva himself to
>> be a created entity.//
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>> If that is your reading, then so be it. From my perspective, I do not find
>> evidence to support your reading. Birth of Rudra is mentioned even in
>> Sruti
>> like Satapatha and Kausitaki brahmanas.
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> The Mahabharatha has the story of how Rudra was crowned Pashupati. It is
> after taking into consideration his capabilities that were demonstrated in
> the past that this was done and he agreed to be their pati. It is an
> already existing Rudra that is crowned and not a one born afresh. The
> Br.up. should be seen in this light. Varuna, for instance is already there.
> He is admitted as the pati of the aquatics. There are also shrutis that
> talk of Vishnu's birth also from Shiva.
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