[Advaita-l] Some errors in IEP

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

On Wed 12 Jun, 2019, 11:35 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> In this page, on Advaita, the following is found:
>
> https://www.iep.utm.edu/home/about/
>
> //The *Bhamati*School owes its name to Vacaspati Miśra’s (ninth century)
> commentary on Śaṅkara's *Brahma Sūtra**Bhāṣya*, while the *Vivarana* School
> is named after Prakashatman’s (tenth century) commentary on Padmapāda’s
> *Pancapadika*, which itself is a commentary on Śaṅkara's commentary on
> the *Brahma
> Sūtra*. The prominent names in the later Advaita tradition are Prakāsātman
> (tenth century), Vimuktātman (tenth century), Sarvajñātman (tenth century),
> Śrī Harṣa (twelfth century), Citsukha (twelfth century), ānandagiri
> (thirteenth century), Amalānandā (thirteenth century), Vidyāraņya
> (fourteenth century), Śaṅkarānandā (fourteenth century), Sadānandā
> (fifteenth century), Prakāṣānanda (sixteenth century), Nṛsiṁhāśrama
> (sixteenth century), Madhusūdhana Sarasvati (seventeenth century),
> Dharmarāja Advarindra (seventeenth century), Appaya Dīkśita (seventeenth
> century), Sadaśiva Brahmendra (eighteenth century), Candraśekhara Bhārati
> (twentieth century), and Sacchidānandendra Saraswati (twentieth century).
> *Vivarana*, which is a commentary on Padmapāda’s *Panchapadika*, written by
> Vacaspati Mshra is a landmark work in the tradition. The
> *Khandanakhandakhadya* of Śrī Harṣa, *Tattvapradipika* of Citsukha,
> *Pañcadasi* of Vidyāraņya, *Vedāntasāra* of Sadānandā, *Advaitasiddhi* of
> Madhusadana Sarasvati, and *Vedāntaparibhasa* of Dharmarāja Advarindra are
> some of the landmark works representing later Advaita tradition. Throughout
> the eigteenth century and until the twenty-first century, there are many
> saints and philosophers whose tradition is rooted prima...//
>
> What is somewhat amusing is:
>
> Sacchidānandendra Saraswati (twentieth century) is stated to belong to the
> vivarana tradition :-)
>
> Candraśekhara Bhārati (twentieth century) is stated to be an adherent of
> vivarana school, for which I do not know any support in the tradition.
>
>  Appaya Dīkśita (seventeenth century) is said to be in the vivarana school
> while he is also famous for writing the Parimala on Amalananda's Kalpataru
> on the Bhamati.
>
> And after correctly stating Prakashatman as the author of the Panchapadika
> vivarana, and Vachaspati Misra as the author of Bhamati, the above para
> later says:  //*Vivarana*, which is a commentary on Padmapāda’s
> *Panchapadika*, written by Vacaspati Mshra is a landmark work in the
> tradition.//
>
> Members may give their opinion on the above.
>
> warm regards
> subbu
>

Namaste Subbuji

There is a lot of 'gudbud' in the web page which says 'Vivarana' on
panchapAdikA was authored by Sri Vachaspati Mishra!!

Om
Raghav


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