[Advaita-l] Is Badarayana same as Vyasa?

[Srinath Vedagarbha]

Sri.Bhaskara prabhuji,



On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 7:20 AM Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> By the way,  in the geeta itself there is a mention of brahma / vedAnta
> sUtra, so there is a good valid assumption that sUtra was existing prior to
> geeta time :-)
>
>
Mention about sUtra occurs in xiii-5 of Bhagavad Gita verse;

  R^ishhibhirbahudhA gItaM chhandobhirvividhaiH pR^ithak.h  |
  brahmasUtrapadaishchaiva hetumadbhirvinishchitaiH  ||


What you say is true for other Acharya's perspective as they treat such
mention of sUtra as referring to brahma-sUtras; however it is not the case
with Shankara. He reads the word as referring to authoritative (monistic)
statements in the Upanishads.

Just for your info.

/sv