[Advaita-l] Sankara Mutt: maThAmnAya and mahAnuSAsana texts

[sunil bhattacharjya]

Namaste,

To my knowledge these regulations and procedures were prepared  at the
very beginning of the establishment of the four Mathas, so as to
provide guidelines to choose the future
Sankaracharyas, to provide procedures for their initiation and
installation and to provide guidance to them for discharge of their
duties. This may not mean that the Sankaracharyas did bot have any
leeway or freedom to act, considering their special situations.  But
Vidyasankarji may give us more details.

Regards,

Sunil K.Bhattacharjya




On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Murali Karamchedu <murali_m_k at msn.com> wrote:
> Sundaresan, Vidyasankar wrote:
>>Still, there are certain expectations of
>>them as institutions, which are codified in the texts called
>>maThAmnAya-s.
>
> I've heard that these maThAmnAya and mahAnuSAsana texts are attributed to
> Sankara. Is this the traditionally accepted position, or are they just
> regarded as an compendium formalized over time?
>
> Regards,
> Murali Manohar
>
>
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