[Advaita-l] Was Shankaracharya a Vaishnava??

[V Subrahmanian]

Sayanacharya in the Narayana Sukta Bhashya has said 'the Narayana of this
sukta is not any 'murti vishesha', that is, it is not any particular formed
entity.

There are three popular usages from Shankara's pen:

अहमेव परं ब्रह्म वासुदेवाख्यमव्ययम् । इति स्यान्निश्चितो मुक्तो बद्ध
एवान्यथा भवेत् ॥ १॥   Brahmanuchintanam

नारायणोऽऽहं नरकान्तकोऽहंपुरान्तकोऽहं पुरुषोऽहमीशः ।
अखण्डबोधोऽहमशेषसाक्षीनिरीश्वरोऽहं निरहं च निर्ममः ॥ ४९५ ॥  Vivekachudamani

 yasya prasAdAt ahameva vishnuH, mayyeva sarvam parikalpitam cha.
Vakyavritti

All these three names have etymological meanings that show the Brahma
Tattva rather than a formed person.

regards
subbu




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