[Advaita-l] Question on Bodhayana and Upavarsha Vruttis of Brahma Sutras

[abhishek sm]

http://www.iep.utm.edu/bhartrihari/

On 6/13/12, Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I think the Bhratrihari's work is also  relevant in this respect.
> Bhartrihari was a son of Govindapada (Sankara's guru) in his purvashrama. I
> think Bhartrihari's Vakyapadia is full of Advaitic significance, It may be
> possible that some Advaitin may have studied this aspect.
>
> Regards,
> Sunil KB
>
>
>
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>  From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Advaita-l] Question on Bodhayana and Upavarsha Vruttis of Brahma
> Sutras
>
> Namaste
>
> Visistadvaita scholar Vedanta Desika has guessed Upavarsha and
> Bodhayana are the same person. But this is not correct.
>
> Adi Sankara has given a lot of respect for Upavarsha in the Sutra
> Bhashya 3-3-53. He is calling him as Bhagavan Upavarsha.  He is
> saying-
> Ata Eva Bhagavata Upavarshena Prathame Tantre
> Atmastitvabhidhanaprasaktau Sarirake Vakshyamaha ityuddharaha Krutaha
> |
>
> He is saying Bhagavan Upavarsha has written Vrutti on Purva Mimamsa.
> In that Vrutti he is giving reference to his another Vrutti on
> Sariraka Mimamsa the Brahma Sutra.
>
> Question - Where is the Upavarsha Vrutti for Brahma Sutras? Adi
> Sankara had probably seen it.
>
> Visistadvaitis are mistaking Upavarsha and saying he is same as
> Bodhayana. They are saying his Vrutti is Bodhayana Vrutti. In Ramanuja
> biography they are saying Ramanuja went to Kashmir searching for
> Bodhayana Vrutti. But the library authorities in Kashmir allowed him
> to go through it only. They did not allow him to borrow it and take it
> home. But one disciple of Ramanuja had a Photographic Memory. He
> remembered it.
>
> There is a problem in this story. In Sri Bhashya Ramanuja has said he
> is following the Abridged Bodhayana Vrutti in his Bhashya.
> Bhagavadbodhayana Krutam Vistirnam Brahma Sutra Vruttim Purvacharyaha
> Sancikshipuhu Tanmatanusarena Sutraksharani Vyakhyasyante. The
> important word is Sancikshipuhu.  He is saying Purva Acharyas have
> abridged the big Bodhayana Vrutti. He is following the Sankshipta
> Vrutti and writing his Bhashya.
>
> In the story of going to Kashmir they are saying he looked at the
> Bodhayana Vrutti. It cannot be Bodhayana Vrutti but Abridged Bodhayana
> Vrutti.
>
> Nobody outside Visistadvaita has said Upavarsha and Bodhayana are the
> same person. Even some Visistadvaitis agree they are not the same.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
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