[Advaita-l] Fw: [hc] Reinterpreting Dwaita versus Adwaita by sanjay rao

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 4:02 PM, kuntimaddi sadananda <
kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:

> PraNAms
> I Shree Anandji has discussed the Advaita siddhi - the refutes the
> nyaayamRitam of Dviatins - but I do not think he completed the discussions
> - while Shreeman S.M.S. Chari maama (he is no more) told me once that no
> one has clearly responded to Shatadhuushanii of Shree Vedanta
> Deshika- Shreeman Chari has written a book with the title-
> advaita-vishishtaadvaita presenting the arguments of shatadhuushanii. Shree
> Ananata Shastri has written - shatabhuushanii - apparently counter the
> arguments presented in Shataduushanii - but as per Shreeman Chari maama- he
> did not address point by point other than reinterating the advaita
> position.
>

Dear Sada ji,

I had occasion to raise this (last mentioned) topic with Dr.Mani Dravid
SastrigaL and he had this to say:

Shree Ananta Krishna Sastri had a friendly attitude towards 'all'.  He had
respect for Vedanta Deshika for being a sannyAsin, a vairAgya sampanna and
a bhagavadbhakta above all.  In view of all this Shri Sastri did not take
the usual method of refuting / replying by using 'asat', 'asaaram',
'tuccham' etc. On the other hand, he used what is called 'mRdUktiH',
soft-language, and presented the Advaitic position as an unassailable one
and thereby indirectly conveyed to the 'opponent' that all his 'dUShaNam-s'
have absolutely no place in the face of such a strong and self-consistent
system that Advaita is.

Many, most, people could not discern or fathom the depth of Sri Sastri's
work and method and ended up concluding as Shri ChAri mAma did.  In the
conversation Shri Mani Dravid SastrigaL also told me an interesting
anecdote:

It seems the Kanchi PeriyavA Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswati SwaminaH was
the one who selected/suggested the name: shatha bhUShaNI.  It seems Sri
Sastri's native village is 'nUraNi', a place in the PAlakkAD province of
Kerala.  This word translates to 'nUru = shatam' and 'aNi = an ornament in
Tamil: 'aNi, aNikalan'  are the words used by Tamil writers, old and
modern, to mean an (any) ornament.  So the derived name: shatabhUShaNI has
a fine rhyming effect with 'shatadUShaNI'.  It was not a point-by-point
rebuttal but a fine, fitting reply, and yet a work of someone who is from
'nUraNi'.

Warm regards,
subrahmanian.v

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