[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Is Ramanuja a Demon? Is his Sribhashya a ku-bhashya?

[Krishna Kashyap]

namaste Subbu Ji,

in which work Raghavendra swami says this:
Raghavendra Swamy has praised Madhvacharya as the one whose feet dust will
liberate Shiva, etc. And also the Shankara nindaa part.?

Please give a citation.


*Best Regards,*

*Krishna Kashyap*




On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM Krishna Kashyap via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Interesting article.
>>
>> I've heard that among Kannadigas (since I am a Bangalorean), smartas
>> marrying Madhvas is a common practice. Most people dont even question this
>> practice. Should I understand that these Madhvas who have married Smarthas
>> have never read, understood, or agreed with these scriptures by Madhva
>> scholars?
>>
>
> In many cases such Madhva - Smarta marriages happen in the non-scholarly
> Madhva circles.  Orthodox Madhwas/scholars would not recommend/support such
> a mix.  There is also this practice in some cases: A Madhva family would
> take a Smarta girl as their daughter in law and she will (have to) conform
> to their practices. But they would not give their daughters to the Smarta
> family.
>
> Most Smarthas also do not know of the Shankaracharya/Advaiti ninda in the
> Madhva books. There is also the Raghavendra Swamy following among a very
> large Smarta community. Again, they do not know of the antithesis:
> Raghavendra Swamy has praised Madhvacharya as the one whose feet dust will
> liberate Shiva, etc. And also the Shankara nindaa part.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>>
>> *Best Regards,*
>>
>> *Krishna Kashyap*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Here is an article on the above topic:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/demonization-of-ramanujacharya-in-madhwa-books.pdf
>> >
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>> > regards
>> > subbu
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