[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri Vidyashankara

Sunil Bhattacharjya sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 28 17:36:15 CST 2016


Namaste Venkatraghavanji,

Not only you forgot to include the Shvetasvatara Upanishad as well as the Yogasutrabhashyavivaraan, you forgot to include Adi Shankara's very first bhashya, which was on the Vishnusahasranama and you also forgot his very last bhashya, which was on the Lalita Trishati. May I request the other scholars including  Vidyasankar Sundaresanji,  as to which, according to them, are  the bhashyas, which constitute the list of the 16 Bhashyas of Adi Shankara. 

Regards,
Sunil KB



On Wed, 12/28/16, Sunil Bhattacharjya sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com [advaitin] <advaitin at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri Vidyashankara
 To: "Venkatraghavan S" <agnimile at gmail.com>
 Cc: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>, "V Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>, "yahoogroups" <advaitin at yahoogroups.com>
 Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 12:18 PM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       Namaste Venkatraghavanji.
 
 
 
 How can you exclude Shankara-bhashyas on the Shvetashvatara
 upnaishad and the Yogabhashyavivarana, just because the
 Vaninilas press did not include these two in the list of 16
 Shankara-bhashyas. I cannot imagine that Shankara did not
 look at the Yogasutra and the seshvara-Sankhya.as needed for
 higher studies on Indian philosophy.  
 
 
 
 Secondly,  there is a doubt on the Vakyabhashya being a work
 of Adi Shankara. There is a paper on that, but I do not
 recall the detials. Moreover there was some discussion on it
  in the "advaita group" as follows:
 
 http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2009-June/021911.html
 
 
 
 As regards the book entitled "Shankara And Indian
 Philosophy" of Natalia Isayeva, it is published by the
 State University of New York Press. Albany. I read from a
 library. 
 
 
 
 Regards,
 
 sunil KB
 
 
 
 --------------------------------------------
 
 On Wed, 12/28/16, Venkatraghavan S
 <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:
 
 
 
 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri
 Vidyashankara
 
  To: "Sunil Bhattacharjya"
 <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>
 
  Cc: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta"
 <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>, "V
 Subrahmanian" <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
 
  Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 11:30 AM
 
  
 
  Namaste
 
  Sunilji,I'm replying to both emails
 
  simultaneously: 
 
  1) The vANi vilAs Press, which brought out a
 
  collection of AchArya's works under the aegis of HH
 Sri
 
  SacchidAnanda ShivAbhinava Nrsimha BhArati svAminah,
 lists
 
  the following as bhAshyas:1)
 
  Brahmasutra-bhashya2) Isa3) Kena
 
  pada4) Kena vAkya5) KaTha6)
 
  PraSna
 
  7) MuNDaka8) MANDUkya9) Aitareya
 
  10) Taittiriya11) ChhAndogya
 
  12) BrihadAraNyaka13) NrisimhapUrvatApani
 
  14) Bhagavad-GitA-bhAshya
 
  15) VishNusahasranAma16) SanatsujAtiya
 
  
 
  From the above, the number according to vAni
 
  vilAs ties in with the number referred to by
 
  chitsukhAchArya. If there is a bhAshya that is left out
 from
 
  the list above which can take the place of the gIta
 bhAshya,
 
  please let us know.  2) Can't comment
 
  on language differences between gIta bhAshya and the
 rest,
 
  would have to see specific examples to opine. If you can
 
  provide instances from Prof. Karmakar's paper to the
 
  list, we all can take a look. I'm suspicious of
 
  philological research, but will keep an open
 
  mind.
 
  3) Not having read Nataliya  Isayeva's
 
  paper, I do not understand in what context the comment
 about
 
  adhyAropa apavAda was made. This is a common prakriya
 across
 
  all vedAnta shAstra in general, and not something that
 is
 
  unique to the gIta bhAshya. Also not sure about the
 
  sundarapANDya reference. If there is a peculiarity about
 the
 
  way it is used in the BGB which is indicative of
 sundarapANDya's
 
  work, please share that with the group. Why would
 
  that rule out Shankara's authorship in any
 
  case?
 
  4) Please can you point which verse number from
 
  the GK is supposedly from the expanded gItA, and missing
 
  from the gItA bhAshya?
 
  5) On yAdavaprakAsha, you were questioning the
 
  authorship of the ShAnkara Gita bhAshya based on a
 
  subsequent bhAshya by yAdavaprakAsha referred to
 
  by VedAnta deshika. If you do not believe in the first
 
  instance that yAdavaprakAsha wrote a bhAshya, that
 question
 
  of Shankara's authorship on that basis also falls
 
  away.
 
  Regards,Venkatraghavan
 
  
 
  On 28 Dec 2016 4:54
 
  p.m., "Sunil Bhattacharjya"
 <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com
 
  > wrote:
 
  Dear Venkatji,
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  According Chitsukhacharya, there were 16 bhashyas written
 by
 
  Adi Shankara. Has anybody tried to identify these 16
 
  bhashyas of Adi Shankara? Can the Bhagavad Gitabhashya
 fit
 
  in the 16 Bhashyas?
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Secondly there is the language style of the
 
  Bhagavadgitabhashya, from which some scholars opined
 that
 
  Bhagavadgitabhashya does not appear to a composition of
 Adi
 
  Shankara.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Thirdly, why would Adi Shankara write bhashya on the
 
  Bhagavadgita of 700 verses when the original Bhagavadgita
 of
 
  745 verses was available to him, as we can see the
 inclusion
 
  of thy ajati ada verse from the Bhagavadgita in the
 
  Mandukyakarika  by Gaudapadacharya.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Now coming to Yadavaprakasha, I still have one doubt,
 about
 
  his writing the Bhagavadgitabhshya, until some
 confirmation
 
  is seen. Just claiming that Yadavaprakasha wrote a
 bhashya
 
  on the Bhagavad gita is not worth accepting. 
 
  Ramanujacharya is believed to have seen the
 Bodhayana-vritti
 
  on the Bhagavadgita, which is claimed to be the
 guide-book
 
  for Ramanujacharya, but that claim also appears dicey,
 as
 
  nowhere any trace of that Bodhayanavriti has been found.
 
  Swami Vivekananda also tried his best by searching for
 it
 
  all over India.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Regards,
 
  
 
  skb
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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  Wed, 12/28/16, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l
 <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedan
 
  ta.org> wrote:
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] [advaitin] Works of Sri
 
  Vidyashankara
 
  
 
   To: "V Subrahmanian"
 <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
 
  
 
   Cc: "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta"
 
  <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedan
 
  ta.org>
 
  
 
   Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 6:25 AM
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   Thanks Subbuji.
 
  
 
   So yAdavaprakAsha wrote a commentary to the
 
  
 
   Brahma SUtra also, one that was
 
  
 
   referred to
 
  
 
   by Sri RAmanuja.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   It's
 
  
 
   clear from this that using yAdavaprakAsha to claim
 that
 
  the
 
  
 
   Shankara
 
  
 
   who wrote the Brahma SUtra bhAshya
 
  
 
   is different from the Shankara who wrote
 
  
 
   the
 
  
 
   Bhagavad Gita bhAshya is not with merit - because
 
  
 
   yAdavaprakAsha wrote
 
  
 
   a commentary to the BS
 
  
 
   too!
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   What applies for the
 
  
 
   Gita, applies for the BS too, so shall we say Shankara
 
  
 
   did not write the bhAshya to BS also?
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   Regards,
 
  
 
   Venkatraghavan
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   On 28
 
  
 
   Dec 2016 1:15 p.m., "V Subrahmanian"
 <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
 
  
 
   wrote:
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:43 PM,
 
  
 
   Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
 
  
 
   > wrote:
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   >> Namaste Sri Sunil,
 
  
 
   >>
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   >> Are there extant
 
  
 
   works of yAdavaprakAsha to determine if he was an
 
  
 
   >> advaitin, or if this was simply a
 
  
 
   hagiographical attribution by
 
  
 
   >>
 
  
 
   vishiShTAdvaita scholars?
 
  
 
   >>
 
  
 
   >> Regards,
 
  
 
   >>
 
  
 
   Venkatraghavan
 
  
 
   >>
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   > Dear Sri Venkat
 
  
 
   ji,
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   > Recently there
 
  
 
   was a discussion in the BVP forum where eminent
 Ramanuja
 
  
 
   > follower-scholars have said that the
 
  
 
   Yadavaprakaśa bhāṣya for the
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   Brahmasutras, though not available in its original
 form,
 
  is
 
  
 
   cited in
 
  
 
   > Ramanuja's bhāsya. There
 
  
 
   is a proposed project to reconstruct Y's
 
  
 
   > philosophy from the Śrībhāṣya. The
 
  
 
   discussion also gives room to think of
 
  
 
   >  'Śankara's matam' as
 
  
 
   distinct from 'Yādavaprakāśa's
 
  philosophy'. 
 
  
 
   So, what
 
  
 
   > hue of Advaita was that of the
 
  
 
   latter is not clearly known to us. But the
 
  
 
   > proposed reconstruction, if it happens,
 
  
 
   would bring these aspects to the
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   limelight.
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
   > warm
 
  
 
   regards
 
  
 
   > subbu
 
  
 
   >
 
  
 
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