[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri Vidyashankara

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
> Sri VedAnta deSika, an eminent VishishTadvaitin, in his commentary on the
> Gita mentions a list of commentators from other traditions of the Gita
> (18.66) - पिशाच - रन्तिदेव - गुप्त - शङ्कर - यादवप्रकाश - भास्कर -
> नारायणार्य - यज्ञस्वामि - प्रभृतिभि:.
>
> This list is generally considered to be in chronological order (I believe F
> Otto Schrader discusses this in one of his works). Secondly, VedAnta
> deSika, being a visiShTAdvaitin, cannot be said to have a vested interest
> in attributing the gIta bhAshya to Shankaracharya (i.e. with a view to
> improve the latter's bibliography).  Thirdly, Sri DeSika is known as a
> contemporary of Sri VidyAraNya, who was Sri VidyASankara's disciple. If the
> gIta bhAshya was indeed composed by Sri VidyASankara, then I would imagine
> that Sri DeSika would be better placed to opine on it than say, us, as he
> was one generation below Sri VidyASankara.
>

I think the clinching evidence that Shankara's bhaṣya preceded Ramanuja's
was pointed out in another post by citing the very words/concepts that
Ramanuja's bhāṣya contains in refutation of Shankara, found in the latter's
bhāṣya.

On another note, the Paiśāca bhāṣya is available in the 11 commentaries. Is
the Ranti deva's too published?  'Gupta' listed above is Abhinava Gupta, I
think. But dis he precede Shankara?


An aside: It is reported that BNK Sharma has stated that Abhinava Gupta has
cited from the Srimadbhāgavatam in his Gita commentary. Has anyone located
the place where he has cited?

regards
subbu

>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > (Apologies, my earlier reply missed this list)
> >
> > Namaste Sunilji,
> >
> > If that feeling were to be true, what could be the reason for the earlier
> > *Bhashyakara* Shankaracharya's works to survive while the followers'
> works
> > to vanish, if existent?
> >
> > Under kenavAkyabhAShya, the TIkAkAra says in its very first line that
> since
> > kenamantra was not analysed in the shArirIka-nyAya, therefore,
> Bhashyakara
> > wrote the vAkyabhAShya, even after writing the padabhAShya! That should
> be
> > sufficient to establish that both, the padabhAShya as well as
> vAkyabhAShya
> > are from the same Bhagavatpadacharya's pen. The gitabhAShya doesn't even
> > need a defence to establish that it is Bhashyakara's work, because we
> > wouldn't have a prasthAna*traya* otherwise!
> >
> > gurupAdukAbhyAm,
> > --Praveen R. Bhat
> > /* Through what should one know That owing to which all this is known!
> > [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya
> > sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com [advaitin] <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There is a feeling among many that the Shankara-bhashya on the Bhagavad
> > > gita as well as the Shankara- vakyabhashya on the Kena Upanishad may
> not
> > be
> > > the works of Adi Shankara.
> > >
> > > It is generally believed that after the genius of Adi Shankara there
> were
> > > two great scholars, Sri Abhinava Shankara and Sri Vidyasankara, and
> this
> > > should obviously mean that these two great scholars also could have
> left
> > > their great works. It will be nice, if any scholar has any idea on the
> > > works of Sri Vidyashankara, he or she may kindly let us know about
> that.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Sunil KB
> > >
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