[Advaita-l] [advaitin] An interesting observation on the epithet 'sampradayavit' by Shankara

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is a link to the complete text of the Uttaragita bhashya of
Gaudapadacharya:
https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/uttara-gita_and_gaudapada_comm._1910.pdf

regards
subbu

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:21 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [advaitin] An interesting observation on the epithet
> 'sampradayavit' by Shankara
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> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 1:07 AM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
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>> Namaste Subbuji,
>> That is certainly new information - I hadn't encountered the view that
>> the famous quote अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं प्रपञ्च्यते was from the
>> uttaragItA. Do you happen to have a reference to a verse number?
>>
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> Namaste
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> In the Uttaragita bhashya text
> https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/uttara-gita_and_gaudapada_comm._1910.pdf
>    Sri Gaudapadacharya mentions in the avatarika to the verse 1.7:
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> see the image here  https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/A5tgq0BJyDc
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> We are not very sure whether that line is a composition of the Acharya or
> it is a citation of someone else's words.
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> regards
> subbu
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>> I have read a statement, which appears speculative to me, that it is from
>> sundarapANDya's vArttika.
>>
>> Re the AkhyAyikA from Br 2.1.20, Anandagiri says that it is from
>> draviDAchArya's work, again, name unknown.
>>
>> तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्यमैक्यपरं तच्छेषः सृष्ट्यादिवाक्यमित्युक्तेऽर्थे
>> द्रविडाचार्यसम्मतिमाह — अत्र चेति ।
>>
>> Regards,
>> Venkatraghavan
>>
>> On Tue, 18 May 2021, 19:08 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The epithet 'sampradayavit' is employed by Shankara in the prasthana
>>> traya bhashya on the following four occasions:
>>>
>>> तथा च सम्प्रदायविदो वदन्ति — ‘मृल्लोहविस्फुलिङ्गाद्यैः सृष्टिर्या
>>> चोदितान्यथा । उपायः सोऽवताराय नास्ति भेदः कथञ्चन’ (मा. का. ३ । १५)
>>> <https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Mandukya?page=3&id=MK_C03_K15&hl=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%83%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%C2%A0%E0%A5%A4%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%BD%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8> इति ।
>>> Brahma sutra bhashya 1.4.14  (The cited verse is Gaudapada Karika 3.15)
>>>
>>> अत्रोक्तं वेदान्तार्थसम्प्रदायविद्भिराचार्यैः — ‘ अनादिमायया सुप्तो यदा
>>> जीवः प्रबुध्यते । अजमनिद्रमस्वप्नमद्वैतं बुध्यते तदा’ (मा. का. १ । १६)
>>> <https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Mandukya?page=1&id=MK_C01_K16&hl=%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%83%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%C2%A0%E0%A5%A4%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE> इति । Brahmasutra
>>> bhashya 2.1.9 (The cited verse is Gaudapada Karika 1.16)
>>>
>>>
>>> तथा हि सम्प्रदायविदां वचनम् — ‘अध्यारोपापवादाभ्यां निष्प्रपञ्चं
>>> प्रपञ्च्यते’ ( ? ) इति ।
>>>
>>> Bhagavadgita bhashyam: 13.13 ((The cited verse is Gaudapada's Uttara
>>> Gita Bhashya)
>>>
>>> अत्र च सम्प्रदायविद आख्यायिकां सम्प्रचक्षते — कश्चित्किल राजपुत्रः
>>> Brihadaranyaka Up.bhashya 2.1.20  (This is a story related by Shankara as
>>> popular in some text not known to me.)
>>>
>>> What is surprising is that all the first three instances are from
>>> Gaudapadacharya's pen.  The third one, Uttaragita bhashya, is largely
>>> admitted as a genuine work of Gaudapadacharya. Could it be that
>>> Shankaracharya knew this work of his Paramaguru?
>>>
>>> regards
>>> subbu
>>>
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