[Advaita-l] Is Badarayana same as Vyasa?

[V Subrahmanian]

Kthirasan ji,

Have you made any search in the Brhadaranyaka Vartika for any references to
the Brahma sutras, Vyasa, Badarayana?

regards
subbu

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:07 PM, K Kathirasan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
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> This reference to Vyasa from Upadesha Sahasri could be referring to Vyasa,
> the author of Mahabharata (therefore, the Bhagavad Gita). Moreover,
> Shankara uses the word Vyasa in Brahma Sutra Bhashya 2.1.12 clustering it
> with Manu as if he was not the author of the Brahma Sutras and a person
> from the past. In the Gita introduction, Shankara clearly attributed the
> Gita to be authored by Vyasa. And Sureshvara too quotes Vyasa in his
> Vartika and the Naishkarmyasiddhi with untraceable verses (not from the
> Brahma Sutras). Both Shankara and Sureshvara address Vyasa as
> Sarvavedarthatattvavit (somewhat)  and hence the Upadesha Sahasri could be
> referring to the all-knowing Vyasa who is the author of Mahabharata and the
> Puranas perhaps.
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> Kathirasan K
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