[Advaita-l] regarding puranas

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Sriram Krishnamurthy wrote:

> Dear Sriram,
>                 For Maha Puranas to be 18 the Pramana is
> Shivapurana, Uttarakhaanda,Madhyameshvara Mahatmya. Shaktas may replace
> Bhagavatha with Devi Bhagavatha.
>                  Only the Gaudiya(Bengali) rescencion of Padma Purana has
> mischievous comments on the Shiva Avatara Bhagavatpada Sri Shankarachaya.
> This was discussed before in this list before. Hence I will not delve into
> it.

Actually last time it came up on the list it was noted that the western 
recension (as represented by the Nirnaya Sagar edition) also contains 
those shlokas.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>