[Advaita-l] On Vedanta Desika's Seshwara Mimamsa. Tamil. MM Sri Mani Dravid Sastrigal

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is a write up on many aspects of the 'sankarsha kānḍa' (not
sankarshana, which is a form of Vishnu):

https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/about-the-sankarsha-kaanda/

warm regards
subbu

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 1:06 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > I did not know viśiṣṭādvaita (at least of one type) is called
> > seśvara-mīmāmsā ie., mīnāmsā with īśvara added to the mix.
>
> Advaita Vedanta is actually the outlier in proposing a complete separation
> of jnana and karma.  Even in Maharshi Badarayanas' time there were
> thinkers who proposed some variety of jnanakarmasamucchaya.
> Sureshvaracharyas' sambandhavarttika is a good guide to these.
> Vishishtadvaita is merely a more recent example of this tendency.
>
> My understanding is they consider all 20 chapters of the mimamsa shastra
> (12 adhyayas of Jaimini, 4 adhyayas of brahmasutras plus the 4 adhyayas of
> Sankarshana or devata kanda) as a unitary shastra with Shri Mahavishnu as
> its ultimate tatparya.
>
> Some Advaita acharyas have come close to such beliefs (e.g. Shri Appaya
> Dikshita and Shri Bhaskararaya come to mind) but overall he consider Ourva
> Mimamsa and Uttara Mimamsa (i.e. Vedanta) to be two separate
> (albeit closely related) shastras with separate concerns.
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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