[Advaita-l] shankara as suhastaH

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Venkata sriram P
<venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:

>
> Dear Sarma Garu,
>
> //////
>
> But Sankara's birth is later to vedas therefore we
> cannot expect a reference to him in the vedas either covertly or overtly.
> Such things are like Bacon's signatures in Shakespeare's dramas.
>
> ////
>
> Yes.  I agree with you.  Though these are extrapolations, but indicate
> their devotion towards their acharya.
>

Madhvas also claim such 'mentions' in the Veda about their Acharya.  I do
not know if Ramanuja's name is also there.

Regards,
subrahmanian.v

>
> Even in the rudra bhAshya, you will find one such instance for the mantra
> "vyuptakEshAya cha".  Though the vyuptakEsha indicate one with shaven head,
> Abhinava Sankara interprets this as a pointer towards Sankara Bhagavatpada.
>
> regs,
> sriram
>