[Advaita-l] Encounter between Madhvacharya and a Sringeri Pontiff

[D Gayatri]

//How do you assume so?Why can't it be that grants from kings started only
from the time of Vidyaranya due to his association with the kingdom?//

Possible. But then it is you who are making the claim that Sringeri matha
was started by Shankara. Doesn't the burden of proof lie on you, to
establish the claim?

//Why should he say so in the bhashyas which were for the purpose of
expounding the Vedanta? What are 'authentic' to you need not be so for
others. How do you conclude that Shankara is incapable of establishing
mathas or could not have, and composing other works of devotion? //

Please understand one thing. It is you who are claiming that Shankara
established mathas or composed devotional hymns. The burden of proof lies
on the person making the claim. It lies on you, not me.


//What 'external evidence' is there for the stories in the Mahabharata and
the Puranas? Where is the proof of Veda Vyasa's authorship of the MB? //

No scholar worth his salt, seriously believes that the Mbh as we have
today, is written by a single person. Nor does anyone believe that events
related in Mbh are literally true. Nor does anyone take 1 lakh verses
theory literally.

//Where is the proof of such explanations that Shankara claims  to have
been made by his predecessors? Is Shankara bound to answer? Who has given
anyone the authority to question Shankara on this?  Do genuine seekers of
the Vedantic truth require any answer from Shankara on this? //

You should understand that nobody is questioning Shankara, nor is he
expected to answer every question. All that is being asked is - Is there
any evidence for Sringeri matha before 14th century CE?


On Saturday, 3 September 2016, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 3:44 PM, D Gayatri via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
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>> //Sringeri maTh records show these dates of each Acharya:
>> http://www.sringeri.net/jagadgurus. Those would then be what... random
>> numbers?! :) //
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>> A record is as good or as bad as its source. Can you please tell me what
>> is
>> the source for these dates? Is it a manuscript? Is it an inscription? Are
>> there any old manuscripts or inscriptions before 14th century CE, which
>> talk of the Sringeri Matha? Are there any external independent accounts
>> before 14th century CE that testify to the existence of Sringeri Matha?
>> Surely, it must have received grants from kings.
>
>
> How do you assume so?Why can't it be that grants from kings started only
> from the time of Vidyaranya due to his association with the kingdom?
>
>
>> Are there records of such
>> grants before 14th century CE to the Sringeri matha? Does Shankara say
>> anywhere in his authentic bhAshyas that he established mathas? Or do his
>> disciples say so?
>>
>
> Why should he say so in the bhashyas which were for the purpose of
> expounding the Vedanta? What are 'authentic' to you need not be so for
> others. How do you conclude that Shankara is incapable of establishing
> mathas or could not have, and composing other works of devotion?
>
> What 'external evidence' is there for th
>
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